Tortoise

The Galapagos Islands

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February 18th 2008
Oi Oi As you may have guessed from the title, I have just got back from 5 days in the Galapagos Islands, located just 1 hour by plane from Ecuadors Pacific coastline. I dunno if you know much about these islands but because of ocean currents and equatorial climates and nutrient upwellings...blah blah blah, basically its got a shit load of animals packed into a very small place. The Islands form ... 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