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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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Areas in South America: Argentina | Bolivia | Brazil | Chile | Colombia | Ecuador | Falkland Islands | French Guiana | Guyana | Paraguay | Peru | South Georgia | Suriname | Uruguay | Venezuela

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By DebP
December 3rd 2008

More from Buenos Aires...

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires

My room
My little room at hostel Tanguera! It doesn´t look quite so good since I unpacked...

Been here for over 24 hours now! And I did something exciting today! But first, I have to get some boring stuff off my chest... I originally had this fantasy about travelling around South America with nothing but the smallest rucksack, filled with only essential things. I still do believe I have nothing but essential things with me, but there is just sooooo much of it! Camera kit, Christmas presents, toiletries (and no point in taking ´travel´sized shampoo for 20 weeks), clothes for cold days, clothes for hot days, bikinis for when I´ve shed at least 2 stone, books, magazines, gadgets [View Full Entry]

By elizas
December 2nd 2008

Falling in love with a tiny island in the pacific ocean...

South America » Ecuador » Galápagos » San Cristóbal Island

Again- I need to apologize for not writing in weeks! When the end of my trip started to near, I was much more reluctant to go use the internet for hours at a time... which these blogs do take to write! On November 9th a new volunteer arrived... her name is Marily. She is from South Africa but now lives in Denver. She has four children and lived in Chile for 7 years. She is really nice and it was fun to have another volunteer in the house... although it was quite busy for a last few weeks! She worked at [View Full Entry]

By mariska
December 2nd 2008

Not so lonely planet

South America » Argentina » Salta » Salta

penguinos
Me and my new best friend

Af en toe is het heerlijk om andere ´loners´ tegen te komen: mensen die naast dingen in een groep, het ook heerlijk vinden en het ook nodig hebben om alleen dingen te doen, van sporten, uit eten gaan tot wandelen, verdwalen, wegdromen, naar de zonsondergang kijken.... Loners kennen het gevoel van verveling en alleen zijn eigenlijk niet (being alone is something different than feeling alone). Een goede balans tussen alleen dingen ondernemen, indrukken verwerken en in een groep dingen doen is voor de meeste ´loners´ dan ook belangrijk. Die balans is ook voor samenreizigers en backpackers (not m [View Full Entry]

By lapamela
December 2nd 2008

Sâo Pâulo

South America » Brazil » São Paulo » São Paulo

You cannot judge a city as big as Sâo Pâulo in a few hours, which is why I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt and think that I only saw the worst part of it. Because from what I saw today it could easily be the ugliest city in the world - it's just dirty tall buildings and shopping malls. It is difficult to find your way around - actually it is always difficult for me but here is even more difficult - and it looks like you need public transport to go anywhere. To its credit the public transport, [View Full Entry]

By Day
December 2nd 2008

Rio De Janeiro - A city of many colours

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

Day 3 Tuesday 2nd December Apologies that I have not written sooner - it's been manic here already - I managed to put some photos up on facebook last night (facebook.com), so if you're reading this Mum please ask Laura to help set you up - then add me as a friend and you can see all my photos. Dad, you've already got an account right! It is also worth mentioning that a lot of my raw thoughts are being scribbled down at the spur of the moment in my travel journal - so I have the option of either copying [View Full Entry]

By TobySola
December 2nd 2008

Back in Salta

South America » Argentina » Salta » Salta

I went to Cachi, a small town west of salta for a couple of days to do some hiking. I stopped on my way at parque nacional cardones ( cardones are a type of cactus that covers much of the land around here). the park only had 4 km of trail so just left the trail and explored on my own. It was intense cause I was hiking at at least 10,000 feet the whole time and fog would roll in quickly and I couldn´t see anything, but I was really carefull about direction and took simple lines. While I was [View Full Entry]

By DebP
December 2nd 2008

I´m finally here (in Argentina, that is)

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires

Well that was quite a journey - 28 hours on a plane with an airline that has decided not to serve food very much... I nearly ate one of the pilots I was so hungry! The company made up for the lack of food though - I always hope for a charming young man to sit next to (and also hope the screaming children will be situated at the opposite end of the plane) and I wasn´t disappointed. So I finally arrived in the centre of Buenos Aires 5 hours ago. The weather is warm and the men are hot, hot, [View Full Entry]

By poliglot
December 2nd 2008

Paraguay-Parana Waterway

South America » Paraguay » Asunciòn

Hi , I am a Bolivian-American Anthropologist that has lived , researched, and traveled extensively in South America, and I would like to offer you some of my impressions and tips, hoping that these will be of some use for your coming trips to the region. If you are looking for expanding your travel experiences and horizons in South America, I strongly recommend a trip on any of the segments of the Paraguay- Parana Waterway( 3500 km), which starts in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and ends in Cuiaba,Brazil, the waterway connects five countries, Argentina,Uruguay,Paraguay,Bolivia and Brazil. B [View Full Entry]

By HappyOurs
December 2nd 2008

Up to alltitude!

South America » Bolivia » La Paz Department » La Paz

Cusco
Church in the Plaza de Aramas.

After some fun filled days in Huaccachina we took the overnight bus into Cusco. We found a quaint hostel and set out to explore the city. Cusco, for us, is one of those cities that really lets us appreciate traveling. Its easy to spend hours walking through the narrow, cobbled streets looking at the architecture of the old buildings and popping into stores to shop. The city is a contrast of tradition and modern. There are women walking the streets dressed in traditional garb, carrying a bushel of fresh veggies on their back and talking on their cell phones. As we [View Full Entry]

By JameyL
December 2nd 2008

Taking the Good with the Bad in Cajas

South America » Ecuador » South » Cuenca

Parque Nacional Cajas

I cannot describe adequately the beauty that exists in Cajas National Park, it was truly a soul stirring and mind bogglingly amazing natural wonder. I have seen so much natural beauty in my life which is so difficult to compare. I would easily line up Cajas with Zion and Glacier and the others that are tied for top places to be stunned into awe. As usual, none of the pictures come close to capturing the eye popping beauty. I traveled with a tour group out of Cuenca for a multi-hour hike through Cajas. The group was fun, lots of Americans, there [View Full Entry]

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