Galapagos: Bachas beach

Galapagos, Ecuador 26th September . 5th October

November 9th 2010
We flew into Baltra airport, a pretty basic airport that the US used in the second world war as a strategic staging post to protect the Panama canal from attack. Arrivals and Departures are in one big shed and the checked-in baggage arrives inside on a tractor and is not released to the passengers until a labrador has had a good old sniff, to check for any organic material. After numerous near ext ... 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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Martin Russell

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Ar first I wasn't going to write a travel blog, but now, one month into an eight month world tour, I have the urge to write down and share the details that my wife an I are experiencing in our travels. My wife is more of a traveller than me, having spent many years 'on the road'. For me this is only the second time I have done this for pleasure. The first was the first time I left my job at UBS (a Swiss Bank) in 2003 and my then wife-to-be and I traveled for 3 months. This trip is after the second time of leaving UBS and is almost for 3 times as long...three months is c... full info

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