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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 Victor78
December 22nd 2009

Merry Christmas from Ecuador/Feliz Navidad de Ecuador!!! South America » Ecuador

Las Playas/El Morro

Hay español abajo! I promised myself that I wouldn’t need to say this again, but here it is, time for another long over due update!!! It’s a whole 4 months since my last update so what an earth have I been doing?! After my trip to the Galapagos I flew to Guayaquil, rather than return directly to Quito. Guayaquil is the largest city in Ecuador and itss commercial heart. It doesn't really have any prime tourist attractions but I was immediately drawn the hustle and bustle and rough and ready nature of the city. Stories abound of robberies and many of [View Full Entry]

By Sarah9961
December 22nd 2009

Ecuador Blog 2 Banos, Quito, and Quilatoa South America » Ecuador » Centre » Cotopaxi

Banos and church by night

We spent another few days in Banos taking in the countryside and friendly people, there was a independence festival in Quito (capital of Ecuador) starting on December 1st so we took the bus there, Quito was pretty expensive by South American standards, and not the nicest city we've ever been to it was meant to be dangerous after 10 in the evening and was a busy thriving town and rather disappointingly the festivities weren't properly kicking off for a few days! After 2 days (and visiting the important museums and churches) we decided we'd had enough and headed back to Banos [View Full Entry]

Our Spanish Teachers house and friendly pet rotweiller

girl getting paitriotic at one of the Banos marches!!

By RonBigman
December 22nd 2009

Colombia - the only risk is that you'll want to stay South America » Colombia » Bogota

What? Where? Why? I am currently in Bogota, after going for a few days to a nice place called Villa de Leyva, I am supposed to leave again soon to Cali, where there should be a festival. Friends Not including Villa de Leyva, that I spent with two English girls I met on the bus, so far I am hanging around Colombians almost all the time, I am speaking to taxi drivers, I am speaking to people on the bus, I am speaking with people on the street and... well you get the pic. This is the woman I had to [View Full Entry]

By Priska
December 22nd 2009

La Paz to Buenos Aires and North Argentina South America

Train Cemetery

The 3 weeks tour with the group came to an end in La Paz and it was time to say goodbye to the comfortable travelling, where I did not need to be concerned about where I will be staying and how to book a tour. I had a great 3 weeks but now I was on my own again. My way lead me further south of Bolivia to Uyuni and the famous Salt Desert. I spend one more day in La Paz (trying to find the famous San Pedro Prison and I actually did find it) before I headed south with [View Full Entry]

By sahgolin
December 22nd 2009

Contando os dias South America » Brazil » Paraná

Olá pessoal! esse é meu primeiro post sobre o intercâmbio... e vou falar um pouco sobre como decidi embarcar nessa... Sempre tive muita vontade de conhecer a Europa e para fazer uma viagem de um mês, o tempo é pouco e o dinheiro gasto as vezes acaba sendo maior... então fui atrás de uma forma de fazer um intercâmbio, e poder passar mais tempo fora, conhecendo lugares, pessoas e culturas. Foi então que encontrei a empresa London Connexion, eles são de Jundiai, mas dão toda assistência necessária pra que vc realize seu intercâmbio sem muita dor de cabeça. A empresa é [View Full Entry]

By Holly and Joe
December 22nd 2009

The Salt Flats of Uyuni South America

Sulpher man

J: Next up Holly and I headed to the Salt Flats of Uyuni. On the way down to Uyuni Holly managed to cause sufficient damage to the coach to necessitate everyone to wait half an hour for it to be repaired (NB interestingly, in Bolivia the word 'repaired' is roughly translated as 'botch job that will hopefully hold over until my shift has finished and it's somebody else's problem'). After we arrived we booked a tour and set off the next morning. The trip involves taking a jeep out across the enormous plains and stopping at several areas of stunning scenery. [View Full Entry]

By MariaS ntti
December 22nd 2009

RUTA 40 19.-21.12.2009 South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Calafate

Ruta40 027

RUTA 40 19.-21.12.2009 Bariloche-Perito Moreno 823 km, Perito Moreno-El Chalten 663 km ja El Chalten-El Calafate 215 km. Yhteensä miltei 1700 km kolmessa päivässä. Patagoniaa ei ole vain yksi, vaan ainakin kolme: pohjoinen järvialue, aavikko ja Atlantin rannikkoalue. (Miltei kaikista asioista, olioista ja ilmiöistä maailmassa sanotaan, ettei se ole vain yksi monoliitti, vaan on olemassa monta Patagoniaa.) Barilochen järvialue vuorineen jäi taakse. Andit etääntyivät horisonttiin. Sitten alkoi kasvillisuus harveta, kunnes puita ei enää ollut eikä kohta puskiakaan vaan ainoastaan suoraan [View Full Entry]

By Katrina861
December 22nd 2009

Salta! South America » Argentina » Salta » Salta

Hola Amigos! If any of you happen to look at a map of my trip so far, it probably looks a little random! And it is. One of the consequences of going away and not having a plan, is that not everything you do makes geographical sense! You meet people who are going somewhere you thought you would go, not necessarily at that time, but then you scrap your plans and go with the flow. A quote on a hostel wall pretty much sums it up: ´Luck is when preparation meets opportunity´ So, I am currently in Mendoza, where I am [View Full Entry]

By docey101
December 21st 2009

Sao Paulo South America » Brazil » São Paulo » São Paulo

Sonia at MASP

I forgot, I made a weekend trip to Sao Paulo. It was because I was homesick and dying to see some Asian people. These are not my pics, thanks to Sonia for them! Sao Paulo is like the NYC of Brazil. Metropolitan and chic. The largest Japanese community outside of Japan is located in the Liberdade district. Along with them are Chinese and Koreans. The second night there, Sonia and I ate at a buffet, and the whole restaurant was filled with Chinese people, my guess, a lot of Taiwanese people, since they were speaking Mandarin. Anyway, it was so bizarre, [View Full Entry]

By AlexandraBerlin
December 21st 2009

Nachtrag 1 - Riobamba South America » Ecuador » Centre » Riobamba

12.12.2009 14:10 viajando... Gluecklich angekommen in Riobamba, wo ich mich erstmal bei einer grossen Tasse Kaffee von der Busfahrt aus Baños erhole: Mittlerweile bin ich ja Busfahren hier gewoehnt, die zum Bersten ueberfuellten Klappergestelle, die mit Heiligenbildern tapezierten Cockpits, die gackernden Huehner auf dem Schoss der Mitreisenden, die bruellend laute Musikbeschallung und die Haudegen von Geldeintreibern, die einem - wie einst in Quito geschehen - schonmal um das Wechselgeld prellen oder - wie in Misahuallí - ihr schleimiges Bronchialsekret von innen geg [View Full Entry]

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