The lagoon

Galapagos Islands - Day 4!

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October 23rd 2007
Bit of a weird day today, as the group of peple we have been travelling with left and we met a new group of buddies! In the morning before our old buddies departed we went to 2 lagoons on the our dingy. I wasn´t thinking much of it before we arrived but when we did it was fantastic. We saw pelicans nesting in the mangroves that surrounded the lagoons anmd a whole host of crazy marine life in t ... 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