The islands

Paradise on Earth

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January 16th 2006
Where to start? We´ve just spent five days in paradise. A thousand km from the Ecuadorian coast are the Galapagos Islands, where Charles Darwin famously developed his theory of evolution. After hesitating a long time due to the very high price of the trip, we arrived at Balta airport on Thursday (one of the main islands) and quickly met up with the other passengers of the Cormorant, the boat on w ... 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