Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz

Lonesome George

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January 26th 2008
We have just arrived back from our holidays, after the eventful road trip through Central America and Colombia we decided we deserved a bit of a treat. Five nights and six days on a budget cruise around the Galapagos Islands. Not cheap but a one off we really wanted to do from the start of our trip. A bit ironic paying out all that to go on a boat when not so many years ago I would happily have pa ... 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