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Galapagos 2

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December 11th 2010
After our first breakfast on board we piled in the dinghies and jumped out on a beach full of sealions. We saw massive cacti and the land iguanas that feed off them. In the afternoon we jumped off the roof of the boat (well 3 of us did) to go snorkelling with a massive sealion just hanging around, heaps of fish, just beautiful. Carpetted in red with intermittent cacti the island is aesthetic ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Galápagos » Santa Fe Island

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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