Snorkeling with golden rays

The Galapagos Islands

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September 17th 2014
We took the bus from Cuenca to Guayaquil and spent one night before heading to the airport for our flight to the Galapagos islands. We arrived at the airport nice and early and worked our way through the various queues; bag check, immigration and check in. Eventually we were on our flight to Baltra island with our free upgrade to first class! The Galapagos islands are 1,000km from mainland Ecuador ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Galápagos » Isabela 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