A Really Big Pelican

Blue Footed Boobie

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January 24th 2008
I had an amazing day. I got up at 7 am to catch a boat going out to the first island of the day, the island had so many Blue Footed Boobies and tons of Sea Lions. And many other huge birds. All the animals had no fear of us, they let me get close enough to I could reach out and touch them. The Sea Lions just had all there pups, so there were baby Sea Lions all over and they seemed to want to come ... 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