Galapagos 2 Marine Iguanas getting to know each other

Galapagos

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March 24th 2008
Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands We flew from Panama City after saying good bye to Robins’s brother Tom, arriving in Quito a few days early for our GAP trip to the Galapagos. It gave us a chance to see this lovely old city in the Andes of South America. The temperature and the altitude were a bit of a shock after 2 months at tropical sea-level - we dug out our jackets for the first time since ... 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