Lonesome George

There he is ignoring potential girlfriends

April 8th 2008
Going into town at Puerto Ayora Wednesday, March 26, and we get to go in to town. We are all eager to see how the human species lives out here. Puerto Ayora is a cute Mediterranean-looking town on the island of Santa Cruz, with some 25,000 people. I was immediately reminded of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island. There are lots of shops for Galápagos stuff and a fascin ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Galápagos

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

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Valerie Hoffman

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I am an Education Volunteer at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California. Before this, I taught in Long Beach high schools for 32 years. Now my husband and I are both retired and are spending as much time as we can traveling to witness the variety of countries and cultures on this planet. In the last ten years we have visited many diverse places: Egypt, China, the Baltic countries, Russia, Argentina, Antarctica, Mexico. This is the first time I have ever thought about blogging. Usually everything gets recorded in a trip diary, and good luck if I can find it again when we are sortin... full info

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