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In March 2004, the Kosovo Albanians set on fire, damaged and/or destroyed a few dozen churches and monasteries belonging to the Serbian Orthodox Church. After »
Ecuador 2004, part 6 (Galapagos – Santa Cruz, Puerto Ayora, Rabida, Sombrero Chino, Santiago, Bartolome, North Seymour)
By now you must have asked yourself: “And where are the famous giant tortoises?” Well, they have all been gathered up in only a few places »
Ecuador 2004, part 5 (Galapagos – Española, Floreana)
The next place we visited was promontory Punta Suarez. The waves there were rather big and strong, so it was only through a lot of skilfulness »
Ecuador 2004, part 4 (Galapagos – Plaza Sur, Española)
Soon we stopped again between two smaller islands – Plaza Sur and Plaza Norte. After the dry landing, when we almost had to push our way through »
Ecuador 2004, part 3 (Galapagos – Baltra, Santa Cruz)
As the plane hummed, only the upper part of the Cotopaxi volcano could be seen through the window; everything else was covered by clouds. A perfect »