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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 balpo
January 31st 2005

bonito beach South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Paraty

the last few days we spent in rio going an assortment of blocos, these are basically a tradition that started with carnival where each block has a band that plays on the flat bed of a truck and then everyone from the neighborhood (and anyone eles who wants to join in) follow behind and drink a ton of beer and sing along. they were great fun and also very tiring. one of them went on for about 3 hrs cruising down the one of the biggeset streets in rio. we spent today soaking up the atlantic ocean and the sun south [View Full Entry]

By El Gringo de la Bachata
January 30th 2005

Lauca National Park, Chile South America » Chile

Volcanos Overlooking Parinacota

We took the 2000 peso (it sounds expensive, but the chilean peso is 575 to the dollar) ride from arica to putre, at the entrance to lauca national park. this park is a unesco world heritage site and it is entirely over 4000m (about 13,000ft.) above sea level. the pictures looked really beautiful, so we had to give it a try. we were glad we did. its cooler than a polar bear{s toenail there. we took a 10,000 peso cab from putre to parinacota, a town of literally 17 people. there we got a room with one of the families and [View Full Entry]

By FlyingBean
January 30th 2005

Quoi de neuf sous le soleil!! South America » Ecuador » North » Quito

Salut tout le monde, petit message pour vous dire que tout va bien numero uno. Quito est une ville remplis de gens sympatiques et souriants. Il fait chaud, on est bien et par le plus heureux des hasards nous avonns trouve Maximillio. Responsable de Equotrakers cest par lui que nous prenons nos cours despagnol, cest par lui que nous avons un splendide appartemente plein centre ville de Quito(sixiéme etage avec vue incroyable)et cest aussi gràce á lui et un hasard incroyable que nous partons la semaine prochaine faire du benevolat dans un petit village en plein coeur de la foret equatorie [View Full Entry]

By Royals
January 30th 2005

Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand... South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro

Sitting in a hostel in Rio typing this, marvelling at the extreme weather change between NY and Rio. Since we caught up with you all last we bummed around NY for a few more days, and killed time yesterday (Sat) going to watch Meet The Fockers in a cinema which seemed to have a fairly easy going attitude to admitting homeless bums and total weirdos. Film was pretty amusing but were put off slightly by the strange American going "Oh Boy..." everytime something embarassing was going to happen. Got to JFK airport well in time for our 10:30pm flight thanks to [View Full Entry]

By Danielle
January 30th 2005

San Carlos de Bariloche South America » Argentina » Chubut

hey ya´ll. i hope everyone is doing well! thanks for all the emails they´re great to read and always make me smile and laugh. if you check out the map of argentina you will all see where i am..san carlos de bariloche..but always referred to bariloche or just bari. so what have i been doing since i arrived....dancing..hey its your fault..you wanted to know what i´ve been up to. i have been out every nite since i´ve been here.. here is an example. maira (my host sis) and i make dinner between 10 and 12..hey thats how they do it here...we [View Full Entry]

By beachbabes
January 30th 2005

Back to Brazil South America » Brazil » Santa Catarina » Florianópolis

The pool

Well, we arrived in Florianopolis finally on Saturday without sleeping in an actual bed since Wednesday night. We '´accidentally´' stayed out all night Thursday night, walked home along the beach at 830 in the morning, red bull still in hand, and packed up our bags to check out of the hotel. We then became true bums, we slept on the beach until it was too hot, then we showered and changed clothes at a little outside shower right along the edge of the busy highway. (and you think we can~t rough it?) We waited quite impatiently for the bus to arrive [View Full Entry]

The end of the night, or the next morning

By Discocookie
January 30th 2005

Bird Caves and Taxi Hell South America » Venezuela

OK, will definitely check a book soon and get the correct names of the locations. They~re all fairly similar. Had another stellar brekky of coffee, pancakes and eggs with ham and cheese. Drove back for 30 mins and went to the Canaima Bird Caves, incredible high caverns that run for 800m and are filled with large nocturnal birds. No flashes allowed inside, and the stalactites/mites all have names. Camels, organ etc. Fantastic views back to the opening of the caves. Takes about two hours to go all the way through. The tour guides are volunteers and take a lantern with them [View Full Entry]

By smithandprice
January 29th 2005

Fin del Mundo South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia

Townsite

We are now in Ushuaia after flying yesterday from Comodoro Rivadavia. The flight was much quicker than taking the bus for the 2 day (or more) journey. Flying sure is great, the airline was definately a "no frills" adventure, but we made it in one piece. Ushuaia is very busy at the moment, cruise ships line up here heading to the Antarctic. After over a month of dry and barren pampa, we were thrilled to see green grass and flower gardens. The lupin definately reigns supreme here, and roses are thriving as well!!! The weather yesterday was warm and sunny when [View Full Entry]

By Benjamin
January 29th 2005

Brazil 2005 South America » Brazil » Bahia

Brazil

I will add comments later..here are some pictures [View Full Entry]

By Discocookie
January 29th 2005

Carife Caves and Milking Cows South America » Venezuela

Could be Caripe actually but Im losing track of days and locations :-). Travelled by Mini-bus from Camana, winding up away from the coast across more mountain ranges. Motion sickness is doing pretty well, not travelling fast enough to get wooey. The coastal area is spectacular and the roads were lined with pottery item and kilns, all for sale. People are collecting for Carnavale, so youre stopped at each town when going over the primitive speed humps and asked for cash. Or they try to sell plantan or pastry items. We stayed at an organic farm above the town, perfect for [View Full Entry]

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