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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 gromit
November 30th 2008

Vikend v Santiagu

South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago

Espejo grande.

Sobotni program byl ve znameni shaneni kempingoveho vybaveni. Sehnat propan-butanovou bombu bylo v tento den v Santiagu docela umeni. Z jednoho konce mesta vas posilaji na druhy, nakonec, po 5 nachozenych kilometrech v ramci poznavani mesta, kupuji v nakupnim centru. Kde jsou vsichni obyvatele Santiaga v sobotu odpoledne?...No prece v nakupnim centru... :) Ne, neni jich az tak moc v porovnani s tim kolik jich je v parcich a na venkovnich zahradkach restauraci atd...Je docela teplo, neco mezi 25 a 30 stupni celsia, nejprijemneji je ve stinu, ale na slunci se da relativne take vydrzet. Centrum [View Full Entry]

By dinosontour
November 30th 2008

Machupicchu photo's

South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu

Get a hair cut
some sort of animal.

Hi Guy's, as promised after my last write up, photo's from Machupicchu. [View Full Entry]

Waiting at dark o clock to get through the Sun Gate.

By katiemac604
November 30th 2008

Machu Picchu!

South America » Peru » Cusco » Machu Picchu

wow, it´s been a while. sorry about that. this is the first time i´ve had internet since the last time i´ve posted. innyhoo, Day 4 of the trek. We arrived in Aguas Calientes on Day 3, settled into our hostel, and i updated my blog. afterwards we went out to dinner where we had really good pizza. when we left, we were all walking funny. we were all super stiff and sore and it was pretty funny to see. i went and got ice cream with a few people and then we went to bed. the next morning we got up [View Full Entry]

By katiemac604
November 30th 2008

Buenos Aires

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires

everyone is white in Buenos Aires. it is SO european. that´s the first thing we found out when we landed. we drove on a HIGHWAY (we haven´t seen one of those in a few months) to the Hostal Ricoleta. i wasn´t feeling so well on the drive there. i got to the hostel, went inside, and threw up. that put me out of the health competition for Argentina. for the rest of the night, i sat in my bed, miserable, and threw up about 6 more times before 3 am. the rest of the group had a good night. they went [View Full Entry]

By Lonard
November 30th 2008

Passion, Religion & Fanaticism: Debe ser el futbol

South America » Ecuador » North » Quito

Let the game begin....

I have been waiting for this day for quite sometime. Being an avid football supporter I was looking forward to my first South American football match. And it wasn´t just any match: it was the Ecuadorian version of the "el classico" where equivalents range from Boca v. River to Barcelona v. Madrid. Deportivo Quito and La Liga de Quito have been bitter rivals throughout the history of Ecuadorian football and every year they play this important fixture to determine who has bragging rights on the streets of Quito. Adding more spice to this match was the fact that Deportivo were 3 [View Full Entry]

By katiemac604
November 30th 2008

Buenos Aires, Part 2

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires

not in Buenos Aires yet, but i have a computer again. so day 2 in buenos aires was pretty phenom. we woke up, had breakfast at the hostel, and spent the day at Palermo. Palermo is the biggest neighborhood in Buenos Aires. We got a bus down to Palermo Soho and shopped all day. there was a little open market and a bunch of boutiques. i started the day off with Maya and Hanna and we went to a cd store. then we met up with Sam. Maya and Hanna wanted to go back to the cd store, and i wanted [View Full Entry]

By katiemac604
November 30th 2008

Estancia Colipilli

South America » Argentina » Neuquén » Zapala

Estancia Colipilli (pronounced Colipiji) is not actually near Zapala. we took at three hour bus from Zapala to a small pueblo called El Huecu. travelblog apparently does not know about El Huecu, so Zapala is the closest i could get. Colipilli is owned by a man named Ashley. He lives and works there in the winters with his 20 year old daughter Sky. they´re originally from california, but have permanently moved down to Patagonia. Patagonia is a sprawling desert with rolling mountains and snow caps. It´s beautiful. it gets really hot in the day (the hottest part of the day is [View Full Entry]

By gromit
November 29th 2008

Santiago

South America » Chile » Santiago Region » Santiago

Starsi zastavba.

Ale zpatky k tem jahodam... Kolem 7 hodiny se spolecne s dalsimi letistnimi noclezniky probouzim se zkoprnelou rukou zavesenou do popruhu batohu proti ukradeni a hura na autobus do centra. Autobus ma prihodne jmeno Bus Centropuerto. Stoji o malinko vice nez bezna mestska doprava, ale je velice pohodlny a ma misto na vetsi zavazadla. Je sedive rano a proto neni moc videt okolni hory, vzhled ulic ovsem plne nekoresponduje se stredni Amerikou, vse se jevi vice uhlazene, vice koordinovane a vice funkcni. Autobus ma u ridice napsane tarify, obri papirove hodiny ukazuji presny odjezd, ktery ridic p [View Full Entry]

By lapamela
November 29th 2008

Ilha Grande Part 2

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Ilha Grande

Here in Ilha Grande I have finally found the Brazil I was dreaming of. This island is a tropical paradise. Today it was reasonably sunny and I hiked for two hours to a beach surrounded by trees. Both the trial through the tropical forest and the beach were amazing. I am not even a big fun of beaches but this one is impossible not to like. The quietness of the place and all the green around it make it a very special place. And it is only one of many, you could stay here for weeks on end. Unfortunately I only [View Full Entry]

By eyetravel
November 29th 2008

It's all about the Inca Trail!

South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco » Cusco

Quad Biking
Who's gonna win the race?

Well we decided to catch a flight from Lima to Cusco, thought it might be easier - not with me and Boucs! We forgot our ginormous swiss army knifes in our hand luggage so had a massive argument with the security guards who wanted to convescate them. Boucs managed to go all the way back and check them in just in time. Well what can I say about Cusco. Absolutely loads to do here. Bars and clubs everywhere, girls are over the English guys - which doesn't help us really! Went quad biking in the sacred vally which was totally awesome! [View Full Entry]

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