Female Frigate Bird

Flying Frigates, Huge Turtles and a Lava Tunnel

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October 11th 2005
Thank goodness my right pupil was back to normal this morning. Tuesday's excursion had us visiting North Seymour, which is a small island that has the largest colony of Frigate birds. Although the 1st wildlife we saw was a Land Iguana which are also common here. Our guide was Bre (from the first day). The landscape where we first stopped included the ground was brown, most of the trees had no leav ... 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