Blue Footed Booby

Animals everywhere!! Welcome to the Galapagos Islands

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November 12th 2007
Initially, when planning this trip, we didn´t intend on visiting the Galapagos Islands. We thought it would be out of our price-range and the money could be better spent trying to get to Antarctica from the south of Argentina. However, whilst lounging beside our pool in Nazca we decided on the spur of the moment that we couldn´t go all the way to Ecuador and not visit the Galapagos Islands. ... 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