sea lion on bench

GALAPAGOS ADVENTURE

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December 19th 2005
by caroline Day12 today we fly to the galapagos, the flight takes us via Guayquil it only a 20 min stop just time for a coffee. On our way to baltra the pilot takes a short detour and flies us passed the worlds biggest vocano. Baltra is a small military airport, its a 5 min bus ride to a ferry across to Santa Cruz then an hour bus to Puerto Ayora where we join our boat. Lunch was served as soon a ... 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