Marine iguana baking in the sun

Quito and the Galapagos (the islands of the sea lions)

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May 26th 2009
We had a couple of days to chill out in Quito. We´d heard it was pretty unsafe but we took the usual precautions and didn´t have any problems. Thought it was a much nicer city than Lima, which was so smoggy you could barely make out the buildings on the other side of the street. On Friday morning we were flown to Baltra airport in the Galapagos Islands, and then bussed down to the sea and told ... 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