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South America is a continent situated in the western hemisphere and, mostly, the southern hemisphere, and bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean.

As part of the Americas, South America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, who was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies, but a New World unknown to Europeans.

South America offers a range of travel options - with stunning coastlines, vibrant cities, historic colonial towns, mountainous treks and the vast and bio-diverse Amazonian rainforest.

Highlights

• Angel Falls, Canaima National Park Venezuela
• Merida, Venezuela
• Amazon River Basin, Brazil/Peru/Bolivia
• The Rio de Janeiro Carnival, Brazil
• Iguaçu Falls, Argentina/Brazil/Paraguay
• The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
• Huascarán National Park, Peru
• Machu Picchu, Peru
• Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
• Atacama Desert, Chile
• Wine Regions of Chile and Argentina
• Snow Skiing-Valle Nevado(Chile), Chillan(Chile), Las Lenas(Argentina)
• Puerto Varas, Chile; Bariloche, Argentina
• Torres del Paine, Chile
• Ushuaia, Argentina

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By Andre Zain
May 20th 2006

RUTA 7

South America » Argentina » Mendoza

Paredao de gelo

Imagens esta sao da Ruta 7 que liga Mendoza a Cordilheira do Andes , e termina em Santiago do Chile, sao 260 km de montanhas, muita neve, passando por diversos vilarejos, Puente del Inca e lOS Harcones onde esta localizado o Aconcagua, um dos lugares mais lindos que pude ver. [View Full Entry]

By chlaa
May 20th 2006

Pilkillacta

South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco

Inca Stonework At Rumicolca

We picked up a taxi to Colegio Medico on the other side of Cusco where we met some of the other students from Excel. Luis, one of the Profesors de Español turned up a little after 8am apologising profusely for being late. We crossed the road to the bus terminal & skipped the first bus going our way as there was already people crammed into the aisles. The second bus left only moments later & came with a girl with a very hoarse voice who gave out sweets & then came round to say the sweets were six for one sol. [View Full Entry]

By mars3
May 20th 2006

Butch cassidy and The sundance Kid- Yee-Ha!

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Tupiza

riding Diego!
i may look comfortable!!! but my ass hurt, and my thighs were shaffered!! and am scared of horses!!!

I automatically fell in love with the Bolivan people. short, stocky people. dark skinned and sporting round rimmed hats that were functionally useless!!! but looked great!! We arrived in Tupiza in Friday...knackered! starving, we found a popular hangout- there is not much to be said about Bolivan food apart from it need taste!!! this country does not know anything about salt. food is bland and ordinary...alot of chicken!!! not evry impressed after all the steaks i had been eating in Argentina!! This was the area where Butch cassidy and The Sundance Kid made their last stand! they were ki [View Full Entry]

By Conmeister
May 20th 2006

Mendoza, Malbec and Mountains

South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza

Fountain
Nice fountain in the main park

Spent 5 nights in Mendoza and watched the Champions League final there, Barca edged it for me. Visited one of the wineries, La Rural and got very drunk on Malbec, the most famous wine from this region. Starting to gain weight having eaten in "all you can eat" restaurants two nights in a row... the quality and choice of food in these places is amazing. Had my first asado (Arg. BBQ) on a hostel night and met some really fun people, including South African, Scot and Yank Wes (addendum we met up with Wes in Uyuni, La Paz, Copacabana). Aside from [View Full Entry]

By Andre Zain
May 20th 2006

CAMPO BASE M

South America » Argentina » Mendoza

FRENTE DO campo base

Campo Base , em Mendoza, no centro da cidade , a uma quadra do Calcadao da San Martim e 7 quadras do Parque San Martin [View Full Entry]

By Ster
May 20th 2006

At the Copa, Copacabana!

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Copacabana

Sol

This sleepy lakeside dusty town is a great place to just chill, do a little hiking, exploring and visit the island of the Sun while you´re at it. We stayed at Hostal Sonia for the duration, a good place - double room for $5US a day with a lukewarm electric shower - not bad, and took advantage of their laundry services. Clean clothes are good and by the time we arrived we were running dangerously low on tidy clothing. The family were very nice, we could have made use of the kitchen during our stay but decide to have breakfast there [View Full Entry]

By Snaily
May 19th 2006

En route pour les Yungas

South America » Bolivia

camiones
voilà les camions qui transportent les gens aux yungas pour moins d'un euro, c'est pas le paradis c'est moi qui vous le dit! On y côtoie les poules et les animaux, les "papas" mais d'un point de vue h... [more]

Nous partons donc avec Romain pour Caranavi. Sur la route la plus dangereuse du monde, nous choisissons de prendre un petit bus plutôt qu'un grand. Cela nous obligera à un étape, mais le nombre de bus qui tombent dans le ravin est spectaculaire et les habitants l'appelle "la muerta". Malheureusement, nous arrivons trop tard à l'embranchement qui doit nous amener au village et décidons de faire du stop. Nous nous retrouvons donc avec les paysans dans un gros camion, nous essayons de dormir sur les papas (patates), qu'il ne faut pas confondre avec les sacs de melocoton, et autres… Le voya [View Full Entry]

By SibSute
May 19th 2006

Ice Ice baby (NS)

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Calafate

Cal7
Glacier Moreno slides down the valley

The bus to El Calafate was an arduous journey, 34 hours in a new but not particularly luxurious bus. Luckily we reserved the front seats which allowed us a little extra leg-room. We arrived at El Calafate at 1am having lost lots of sleep but gaining two friends: Robert from Austria and James an Ex-Pat living in Spain. James had booked a place at a hostel so we just jumped in a cab with him and stayed there too. We were asleep within minutes. We woke the following morning at about 11am, we had missed breakfast. The whole town is surrounded [View Full Entry]

By Mandark
May 19th 2006

Rio de Janeiro!

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana

Argentijnse steak
De Argentijnse steakje van 400gr. Goed te knagen

Vorige week zat ik nog gevangen in San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. Daar ben ik nu weg. Heb van daar een bus naar Salta in Argentinie genomen. 10 uurtjes maar niet zo erg. 3 filmpies gekeken en je wordt gevoerd en gewaterd. Ik was van plan om in Salta gelijk een bus naar Asuncion in Paraguay te nemen maar die waren er niet. De tijd niet en de bestemming niet. Wel een bus de volgende ochtend gelijk naar Puerto de Iguazu. De bus gaat met een dikke boog om Paraguay heen maar is toch sneller. Als je door Paraguay gaat [View Full Entry]

By Silke y Raphael
May 19th 2006

Geschwindigkeitskontrolle in Bolivien

South America » Bolivia

Hallo ihr Lieben in der grossen weiten Welt, Wer von Euch ist nicht schon ein mal zu schnell an einem Blitzer vorbeigefahren und hat sich gefreut wenn er nicht in Funktion war, und wer hat schon von der Polizei ein Foto bekommen auf dem man selbst beim Autofahren zu sehen war? Das kann in Bolivien nicht passieren. Hier werden Tempoüberschreitungen auf eine ganz andere Art erfasst. Jeder Autofahrer der zum Beispiel von Potosi nach Sucre fährt, muss kurz hinter der Stadtgrenze anhalten, aussteigen und in einem Kontrollhäuschen einen Zettel abholen. Darauf stehen dann Datum, Uhrzeit und Ken [View Full Entry]

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