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Goodbye Galapagos - the Enchanted Islands

June 26th 2008
Since my last blog we have sailed across the equator a few times visiting some more of the islands. Genovesa was an island teeming with birdlife. After a dinghy ride around the cliffs we headed to the Prince Phillips steps (so named after his visit in the 1960's when he slipped and they decided to build the steps in his honour). After a short climb up the steps we were face to face with Nazca b ... read more

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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

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Caz Scraggs

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Having worked as a primary school teacher for nearly 5 years now I am about to embark on a new adventure. Selected as a Team Leader for ICS and Restless Development I will be spending the next 4 months working as a volunteer in the Tamil Nadu region of Southern India to support local communities with livelihood and health workshops. It will be a fantastic opportunity to support International Development work at grassroots level and to see where and how international aid is being used to support people living in some of the poorest countries in the world. I live by the motto "Life is a jou... full info

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