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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 Graeme204
May 17th 2006

The Inca Capital

South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco

Face to Face...
... with a Lama.´ He didn´t spit at me, by the way

We left Chiclayo on May 5. We're now travelling a bit before flying back home. Our first stop was Cuzco, which use to be the capital of the Inca empire. The town still has many leftovers from this old civilisation and there were plenty of ruins to visit in the region. I haven't got much time to write about it all, so I´ll let you enjoy the photos!!! [View Full Entry]

By RalphOnTour
May 17th 2006

Nazca - lines galore

South America » Peru » Ica » Nazca

Unless you were hiding behind a rock for the last 20 years you will have heard of the Nazca lines. For all those of you who were hiding behind a rock the Nazca lines are a set of gigantic geoglyphs in the Nazca desert. The figures are up to 300 meters long and include animals (such as hummingbirds, dogs, spiders and monkeys), geometrical figures (such as trapezoids, arrows) and other like the astronaut. The lines were done by the (surprise) [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki [View Full Entry]

By Graeme204
May 17th 2006

Treking to Machu Picchu

South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu

On top of the world
Wimba (one of our guides), Pete, Owen and Pierre

In 1911 an explorer named Hiram Bingham paid 1sol (0.25 euro) to be taken to a sacred place hidden in the jungle. He then discovered Machu Picchu, the lost sacred city of the Incas. And what a fantastic place it is... The "Inca Trail" (the path the Incas took during the Spanish occupation to get there) being over booked, we decided to do an alternative 5 day trek to the sacred place, supposedly following Bingham's steps. For 4 days we walked through mountains (up to 4500m), villages and jungles until climbing up to Machu Picchu on the 5th day. We arrived [View Full Entry]

By EcoNomad
May 16th 2006

Machu Picchu

South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu

Me on top of Machu Picchu

16 Mayo - Machu Picchu Machu Picchu was incredible. Aquas Calientes was not. I'll tell you what, if you are going to Machu Picchu and you haven't been hiking the Inca Trail for at least three days, don't waste your time in the hot springs at Aquas Calientes. In the opinion of everyone in my group, it was a waste of time and money. I have to come back for the Inca Trail, though. I cannot imagine what sort of experience that is. I have only heard good things about the trek and about alternative treks that take you through the [View Full Entry]

By AliJ
May 16th 2006

Ladies of the Night

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

It´s the start of my 4th week - I still can´t believe I´ve only been here for 3 weeks. My Portuguese is improving but I still understand more than I can speak which is a bit frustrating. However, I can get the odd sentence out that makes sense! My teaching week was pretty quiet (apart from a visit from the police and their rifles on Thursday). It was Mother´s Day here on Sunday so all the kids made cards and I translated their soppy messages into English. All the tough boys are just big softies at heart - it was really [View Full Entry]

By Bowmen16
May 16th 2006

Welcome to Chilean Food...you arenÂ´t missing much!

South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Viña del Mar

PIsco Sour-the national drink of Chile
Americans, I want to introduce you to pisco. Pisco is made from a grape called the Quebranta which produces a pure, highly potent, aromatic brandy. One of the traditional drinks here in Chile is 'pisc... [more]

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By birgit_joe
May 16th 2006

Chile - Teil 10

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Parinacota (6342 m) & Pomerade (6270 m)
PhotoÑ Joachim Lengacher

Hallo aus Tacna, in Peru, wo wir uns auf dem Busterminal die Zeit totschlagen. Aber dazu spaeter mehr. Am Samstag sind wir also mit unserem VW Fox in den Lauca Nationalpark von Arica aus gestartet. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauca_(Nationalpark) Von Meeresspiegelhoehe ging es in gut zwei Stunden und ca. 130 km auf 3500 m Hoehe nach Putre, einem kleinen Ort, wo wir fuer zwei Tage im Hostal Pachamama Quartier bezogen haben. Da es dann schon Nachmittag war, sind wir nicht mehr in den Nationalpark gefahren, sondern nur in die ca. 7 km entfernten Thermas de Jurasi, schoene warme bis heisse [View Full Entry]

By burger1979
May 16th 2006

Peru, land of the incas and of fashion shows

South America » Peru » Cusco » Sacred Valley

well hello there everyone lets just say its been a while since the last entry and i have been a busy little bunny getting up to all sorts of tricks and stuff. so here i ma to tell you all about them. when i last entered a blog i was in a place called cusco so lets start there shall we. ( anywho anywho anywho anywho anywho!!! just had to get that out of the system kev and gary i´m sure you understand) April 22- April 24 arrived in cusco from another over night bus journey from Ica. people said to [View Full Entry]

By Billyconkers
May 16th 2006

Goodbye rainy Quito, hello foggy Lima!

South America » Peru » Lima

False equator...
...damn Frenchies got it wrong!

Well, another day, another country.... I finally got my stuff from my homestay family and shipped out of Quito. I was really quite happy to go, too. The rain was starting to really bug me, and the whole place had taken on quite a menacing feeling, as quite a large number of people at the hostel got mugged during my stay. While I was there, I did however make a quick visit to "El Centro del Mundo", the line of the equator. Did some weird experiments that shows how your sense of balance gets messed up and you lose strength on [View Full Entry]

By Astrid
May 16th 2006

Kloster, kondorer og kulde

South America » Peru » Arequipa

Vores slot

Vi tog direkte til Arequipa fra Nazca, med endnu en natbus, dem er vi efterhaanden blevet ret gode til. Der er flere grunde til at tage til Arequipa, for det foerste er det en rigtig rar by, folk er venlige og hjaelpsomme, for det andet er det en rigtig flot by, bygningerne er flotte, og den er ren! -og endelig er Arequipa "indgangen" til Colca Canyon hvor man, udover at nyde den fantastiske natur, kan vaere heldig og se kondorer. Vi valgte at booke en tur ind til Colca Canyon med overnatning i Chivay, men foer vi tog afsted skulle vi [View Full Entry]

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