Marine Iguanas heading for breakfast

Galapagos Islands

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July 10th 2011
After five flights through Madrid, Lima (overnight stay), Quito (overnight stay) and Guayaquil we finally arrived in the Galapagos Islands. We had already regretted not learning any Spanish as we had an interesting time in Lima trying to order from a Spanish only menu… Acting out a chicken got us some cold minestrone soup and some rice and beef! We also got swept up in a transvestite carnival ... 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