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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 Ster
May 18th 2006

Floating hay stack... mysterious burial towers

South America » Peru » Puno

Stadium in Puno...

Spending two nights in Puno we took the time to visit the Uros floating Islands . A lot of people refer to this as a tourist trap but the way I see it they are welcoming us on to their home and you can't blame them for earning a living by selling their beautiful inexpensive crafts to tourist. While on one of the islands I picked up six small flutes for a whopping two dollars. An enjoyable visit considnering we wren't planning to visit the islands but we had walked down to the water front stopping at a naval museum allong [View Full Entry]

By Anna Canada
May 18th 2006

cau cau and the colca canyon

South America » Peru » Arequipa » Colca Canyon

ALAN!!!
the last round of the peruvian elections are coming up in june...this guy is the current left-leaning president who´s up against a more nationalist candidate. he definitely wins for marketing though.... [more]

I´m back in Arequipa after a 3 day treking tour in the colca canyon. With my return came all the basic things that I´ve been missing for the past few days...a warm bed, toilet seats and paper, clean clothes...I´m not hard to please these days. After leaving Huacachina and Ica I embarked on an overnight bus to Arequipa which is the second biggest city in Peru. The city is around 2500m and I definitely felt a bit off from the altitude the first day I was here but all is well now. After a day in the city with two of [View Full Entry]

By smkwan
May 18th 2006

Interesting La Paz

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz

Arrived in La Paz after 12 hours of torture. The overnight bus we took from Uyuni was smelly, freezing cold and squeezy. La Paz is the highest capital city of the world, located at 3,600m in the high valley of the Andes. It give me a modern city mixed with a little indigeneous feel. Many of the older generation are still dressed in their traditional Bolivian costumes. The market scene here is really lively. I like. The things they sell range from Bolivian snacks, toiletries, handicrafts, accessories etc. At Plaza San Francisco, it´s always crowded with lotsa of people at all [View Full Entry]

By SpicyLynny
May 18th 2006

You scratch my pack, I'll scratch yours!

South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu

Devils Throat
This was the last thing we saw of the falls. A platform above the appropriately named Devils Throat!

Firstly, the title does not have much relevance to anything, we just liked it! Things have been quite hectic since the last blog. We made it to Sao paulo after a 6 hour coach journey, a City we had heard so many bad stories about. We would have avoided going there to be honest except that we really wanted to go to Skolbeats. It is a massive City! so big in fact that its difficult to describe. Basically, its not very pretty, too big to get anywhere quickly and clearly dangerous. The people living there live in fear, apartment blocks (with [View Full Entry]

By diggitym
May 18th 2006

Reggae in La Paz

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz

La PAz is a great city and I'm excited at the prospect of being here for a bit, even if I've received no less than 6 warnings from different helpful people (police officers, taxi drivers) about the need to be verrry careful (mostly about fake police officers and taxi drivers that will rob you). There is a witches' market just near my hostel in teh centre where you can find all sorts of mystical looking potions and herbs. They also have dried llama foetuses which are meant to protect you from bad things. they look revolting. Last night Laurent (a Parisian [View Full Entry]

By Helan
May 18th 2006

On my own...

South America » Bolivia » Potosí Department » Tupiza

Yesty morning I left the warm embrace of Humahuaca and got a bus to La Quiaca which borders Bolivia. Opposite me on the bus was a young girl with her baby who proceeded to poo everywhere. It absolutely stank and there was no air conditioning and I couldn't open the windys. She sort of mopped up the excess and plonked the pagan pile (Podge & Rodge) on top of the place where you rest cups. I was appalled. I opened my bag and gave her some wetwipes which she took from me. I was really careful not to make skin [View Full Entry]

By pepito
May 18th 2006

Harmonia

South America » Bolivia

"You see Joseph, I am very famous here," she offhandedly remarked with a private grin to herself. "And now you are very famous too," - I looked around to find that she was indeed right. Groups of people waved to her, as she led me by the arm through the crowd, while those very same people followed me with their eyes in a sort of strange fascination. "It is very rare to see a gringo in these parts - and you know, as long as I can remember I have never seen a foreigner at this festival. You are very lucky [View Full Entry]

By Wiggy
May 18th 2006

Death Road and some R&R

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » Yungas Road

Biking the Death Road
...gulp...

"I am a little nervous about biking the ´World's most dangerous road´, but it sure sounds like fun" "Don't worry" says Santiago, a La Pazian sitting next to me at a bar who found my spanish comical. "We don't call it that in Spanish." "Oh, what is it in Spanish?" "The death road" ... Well it was fun alright. Waking up very early (okay, for me 6:30 is early) I had a quick breakfast and jumped in the oversized minivan with Joe heading for the Death Road. It is called that, and its other name, because it has the more deaths [View Full Entry]

By mars3
May 18th 2006

indigenous

South America » Argentina » Salta

Iglesia San Francisco

After a long 11 hour bus journey, i arrived to Salta. stayed in a hostel called ¨terra occulta youth hostel¨...yeah don´t understad the name either! I had heard so much about Salta, but after partyin so hard the previous few weeks, i just couldn´t fathom getting out and trekking or doing anythng remotely physically challenging. The train to the clouds ( had been shut down, so our best views were from atop Cerro San Bernardo...no more walking!! we took the telefrico up! stunning views over the surrounding mountain-side as the sun was setting! Salta is one of the most southern cities [View Full Entry]

By Korf
May 18th 2006

First Entry - Original Plan

South America

Well, finally got off my arse to organise a blog. Not too sure how long this will last for, especially considering my extreme penchant for bone idleness. So you are either reading this because you are exceptionally bored or, god forbid it, actually interested in what I'm doing. Right, here's my origianl travel plan : - * South America (Peru & Chile) - 23rd May 2006 until 04th July 2006 * New Zealand - 05th July 2006 until 31st July 2006 * Australia - 31st July 2006 until 11th September 2006 * South East Asia (Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia & Laos) [View Full Entry]

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