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Coral and Steph's Big South/American Adventure - Galapagos

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February 25th 2009
Apologies for the lack of blogs recently but the internet access has been intermittent and, more to the point, we have been far too busy enjoying ourselves !! Being on some of the Galapagos Islands was like stepping back into the dinosaur era with 1 metre long iguanas camouflaged against the rocks and large pre-historic shaped birds castings eerie shadows. We stayed on a GAP Adventure boat d ... 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