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Destination Highlight: Exploring the Galapagos Islands
Posted on March 27, 2012 - Category Ecuador, Galapagos Islands | Leave a Comment
Travelers looking for an unforgettable vacation should take a trip to the Galapagos Islands. Located in the Pacific Ocean 650 miles west of Ecuador, the islands are an archipelago of volcanic isles. There are 13 primary islands, many smaller isles, and over 107 islets and rocks that make up the Galapagos. The islands spread over [...]
Galapagos Islands tours: Following the Path of Charles Darwin
Posted on December 27, 2011 - Category Destination Highlight, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands | Leave a Comment
In 1835, Charles Darwin and his vessel, the HMS Beagle, landed on the shores of the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Darwin, an English naturalist, is perhaps best known for his controversial theory of evolution, a hypothesis about the development and existence of earth’s creatures including humans which he formulated heavily based on the [...]
