Marine Iguanas

Galapagos Trip

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September 18th 2007
We flew from Quito to the island of Baltra on the Galapagos islands where a bus was waiting for us a took us a short way to a ferry accross to the main island of Santa Cruz. The islands are very windy and look quite bleak. We took another bus for an hour accross the centre of the island to the main port of Santa Cruz on the other side where we met our boat, The Pelikano. We ate a fantastic lunc ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Galápagos

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more