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My Trip to the Galapagos Islands

Camilla Given
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Send us a text I love to travel and today I am sharing one of my favorite travel stories. When I went to Ecuador twelve years ago, I had the opportunity to snorkel twice with blowfish, sea turtles and sea lions. The first day was amazing, but the second was a little scary . Today’s story is mostly in the first-person plural (pronoun “we”) and the past tens ... Show More
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