Marine Iguana

Evolutionary wonders

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February 25th 2013
Geo: -0.922812, -90.9119We arrived iinto Quito at the new airport, only opened two weeks ago (a rush job before last weeks election it seems) and a long hours drive into the city. Which meant that to get to the Galapagos Islands we had to return to the new airport at the crack of dawn ( leaving at 5.00am), As always we were too early for the plane and also found ourselves landing in Guayaquil fo ... 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