Pelican

Lettuce wars - just another day in the Galapagos...

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February 24th 2009
My first couple of days in Ecuador were pretty miserable - I broke my camera in Lima and so spent a couple of days in Quayaquil (Ecuador's largest and nastiest city) trying to find somewhere to get it fixed or replaced. Luckily, a repair shop fixed it in an hour (broken transistor) and so then the Galapagos trip was back on!!! (could never having contemplated going there without the camera...) ... 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