Tortuga Bay

Hayley 'T-shirt' en la Galapagos

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December 26th 2007
Flying over the Galapagos as you arrive is a little disconcerting as the islands just appear to be big, uninhabitable volcanic rocks jutting out of the sea. I was living on Santa Cruz, the most inhabited island, with a lady called Aureola, who is the Avon lady of the Galapagos (no joke!) and is completely 100% off her rocker!! But in a very funny good way (for example I got rudely awoken on xma ... 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