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Map of South America

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 docey101
December 20th 2009

Pelo, again..Fall of Berlin Wall commemoration South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

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Ok, so we had a music class in Pelo.. haha, cool huh? A musician explained to us the history of samba and play us the different sub-genres (samba-reggae, samba...i dont know the sub-genres!) I didn't take pics of the course.. felt too self-conscious. And outside, they had this mural painted on a piece of wall, representing the Berlin Wall. there were some reporters and a group playing the drums. And after enjoying the music for a while, people started tearing down the wall. [View Full Entry]

By Ellenenbart
December 19th 2009

Rio De Janeiro South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro

Rio by night

Na een helse lange busrit (24 u) in een veel te warme bus in Rio de Janeiro uitgestapt bij een temperatuur van 38 graden. Toen gevloekt, later tot het besef gekomen dat deze warme temperaturen mochten blijven aanhouden. Op enkele uren tijd is er namelijk een gigantisch grijs wolkendeken neergevallen over Rio en werden de hemelsluizen opengezet om gedurende een week alles onder water te zetten. Rio de Janeiro heeft zijn naam te danken aan Portugese ontdekkingsreizigers die in juni 1501 besloten om de Atlantische Oceaan over te steken zonder te weten waar uit te komen. Op 1 januari 1502 kwa [View Full Entry]

By eloron
December 19th 2009

Paracas , bus longue distance et Cusco South America » Peru » Ica » Paracas

Manneken Pis a la plage

Pour rallier Paracas (cote sud de Lima) il etait donc preferable de rebrousser chemin vers Lima, et vu qu on voulait faire le trajet de nuit on a pris la meilleure compagnie, du moins une des plus cheres, a savoir Cruz del Sur. On embarquera a 23h45, apres avoir ete mis a la porte a 21h par notre charmante hote, nous laisser attendre dans l hotel jusqu a 21h30 etait deja trop tard...!! En attendant on decide d aller manger un Caldo de Gallinas (bouillon de poule) car on a tous les 2 a creve! Apres ce repas on file a [View Full Entry]

By Sharman
December 19th 2009

Hello Bolivia... why certainly I would like to buy a stick of dynomite South America » Bolivia

Don't touch the wall!

Hola amigos! When I last left you I had just finished the Inca trail. I bummed around Cusco for a few days, visiting with people I had met throughout Peru, shopping, drinking fruit juices, and taking advantage of the $5 massages before heading to Bolivia with part of Team Australia that I met on the Inca Trail. We had a 10 pm night bus to Copacabana in Bolivia. We asked multiple times if the bus stopped anywhere.... they assured us it didn’t. It was direct. FYU - people who sell you bus tickets in South America LIE ALL THE TIME!!! Our [View Full Entry]

By Schwein
December 19th 2009

Pucallpa South America » Peru » Ucayali » Pucallpa

I´m going to Pucallpa for holidays I´m planning to go to San Francisco a native community where I´ll be in a Shamanic session... again... I have a couple of friends from Czech Republic so we´re a group, anyway if anyone wants to join us just let me know. I´ll fly on Dec 24th but my friends are there already. [View Full Entry]

By The Sapir Family
December 19th 2009

Rock Formations and Dinasoures in Northern Argentina South America » Argentina » San Juan » Ischigualasto

The boys are coocking our first BBQ

Hi, From Cordoba, we made our way toward two national parks - Ischigualasto and Talampaya. To get there, we took a night bus from Cordoba to San Juan, and upon arrival to San Juan we learned that we will have to spend there half a day as the only bus to San Augustin will leave at 14:00. So, we turned the bus terminal cafeteria to our "home" for a couple of hours - spending the time on schooling, internet surfing (luckily there was Wi-Fi in the terminal) and some playing. Eventually we made it to San Augustin, we managed to find [View Full Entry]

The kids looking at the submarine rock formation

By robin the red
December 18th 2009

A busy and wonderful week in the sacred valley South America » Peru » Cusco

vendor on the train line

Well, our last week in the sacred valley of Peru was action packed. We loved Aguas Calientes hot springs. The water was a good temperature, no sulfer smell and we were very grateful for the soak after climbing Wayna Pichu at Machu Pichu. With short legs, I was definately worked climbing the tall steps straight up the mountain. The mountain is a must do when you are there. Going up the mtn. is very masculine in feeling. We went down the back side and teh feeling was totally different. Very feminine. The great cavern is worth the trip. we took a [View Full Entry]

By Wac
December 18th 2009

We want beach!! South America » Chile » Valparaíso Region » Horcon

Terraza

I had an open week between two of my finals so rather than taking the free time to study, my friend and I decided to beach it. I met her at her house with a backpack filled with a bathing suit, book and flipflops. We went to the bus station said, "ok, so where is somewhere cheap, close and on the beach??". We ended up taking buses from one little beach town to the next, most of which werent too exciting to be completely honest. We ended up staying in Concón and Horcon, since there really wasn't anything around there we [View Full Entry]

By MariaS ntti
December 18th 2009

PATAGONIA, BARILOCHE 14.-18.12.2009 South America » Argentina » Río Negro » San Carlos de Bariloche

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PATAGONIA, BARILOCHE 14.-18.12.2009 Buenosairesilaiset ihmettelivät, miksi tahdon matkustaa bussilla La Pampan halki Patagoniaan, Barilocheen. Heidän mielestään koko matka on vain campo, campo, campo, yksi ihminen ja sekin lapsi, pelto, pelto, pelto, lehmiä, pelto, pelto, pelto... Kaupunkilaiset eivät sitten yhtään ymmärrä litteiden ja laakeiden maatalousalueitten kauneutta. Sitä paitsi suuri taivas on jo yksistään nähtävyys puhumattakaan auringonlaskuista ja -nousuista. Aurinko laski La Pampalla ja nousi Patagoniassa. Yhdellä lauseella ilmaistuna: se oli henkeäsalpaavaa. En saanut [View Full Entry]

By gottman
December 18th 2009

Viedma Glacier South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » Los Glaciares National Park

Viedma Glacier

Hiked on the Videma Galcier today. It was very windy. So windy, that my glasses got ripped off my face. As I started after them, which was a bad move, I tripped on the crampons (ice climbing cleats) and started sliding down the glacier towards a huge crevasse. Luckily I got my crampons dug into the ice and stopped my slide a few feet before I would have been in alot of pain. However, my eye glasses were sacrificed to the "ice gods" [View Full Entry]

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