What a trip - a 7 month summary by list

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I am sitting in Quito airport waiting for the start of my journey home to the UK after 7 incredible months in South America and to kill the time, i decided to make some lists :-)

Thought you may like to see - the question now is...where next?! ;-)

Best of the best
Angel Falls - Venezuela
Antarctica - all of it
Bonito snorkelling - Brazil
Booze crusing in Paraty - Brazil
Botanical Gardens, Rio - Brazil
Diving Easter Island - Chile
Going it alone in Colombia with Carly & Mark
Gruta do Lago Azul, Bonito - Brazil
Los Llanos -the birds, the wildlife, the people - Venezuela
Macumbe evening in Rio - Brazil
Making new friends in Rio and catching up with old friends in Argentina
Mud Volcano - Colombia
Night in the Amazon Jungle - Brazil
NYE in Buenos Aires
Paragliding over the Ocean, Canoa Quebrada - Brazil
Puerto Moreno Glacier - Argentina
Quilitoa Loop - Ecuador
Rio Carneval
"Solita" in Ecuador
Sleeping in hammocks with locals and tomatoes on Amazon ferry - Brazil
Stepping off the plane onto Rapa Nui - Easter Island
Snowstorm on shores of Lake Grey - Chile
Sunset & sunrise at the Moai - Easter Island
Tayrona National Park - Colombia
Torres del Paine - Chile

Top Views
Acaimen Hummingbird sanctuary, Salento - Colombia
Antonio’s Jungle Lodge Lookout - Brazil
Banks of the Amazon from the boat – Brazil
Dawn over Los Llanos - Venuzuela
Top of the volcanic crater lake Rano Kau - Easter Island
First icebergs - Antarctica
First view of Anu Tonkariki – Easter Island
Mountains and valleys around Merida - Venezuela
Paradise Cove – Antarctica
Patio of Casa de Nelly, San Augustin - Colombia
Rio at night from Santa Teresa - Brazil
Rim of the Quilitoa Crater - Ecuador
Sitting on the cliff edge at Camping Minihoa - Easter Island
Stepping off the Navimag in Punta Arenas - Chile
Summit of Cotopaxi - Ecuador
Sunset at Ipanema Beach – Brazil
Sunset at Ahu Tahei - Easter Island
The mirador, Valle de Cocura, Salento - Colombia
The Paine Massif - Chile
The ramparts of Carthagena - Colombia
Top of Cerro Monserat, Bogota – Colombia
Top of Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro (allegedly) – Brazil
Top of the bird observatory, Manaus - Brazil
Top of the hill in Olinda with view of Recife - Brazil
Top of the mountains, Bariloche - Argentina
View of Volcan Villarica - Chile
View of Puerto Moreno Glacier, up close and personal - Argentina

Food - the good
Acarajé in Olinda - Brazil
Asados at Platanos - Argentina
Asado at Pepe's cousin - Argentina
BBQ in Bariloche - Argentina
Breakfast on Anakena Beach - Easter Island
Caiprinha's - Brazil
Casquinha and jambu - Brazil
Chivito in Carmelo - Uruguay
Christmas Dinner on the Polar Pioneer - Antarctica
Churrascaria with Guilherme & his Mum - Brazil
Coffee straight from the vine, Salento - Colombia
Cow rib in Los Llanos - Venezuela
Dulce de leche in all its forms - Argentina
Empanadas for a Carthagenian breakfast - Colombia
First acai - Brazil
First meal of steak and red wine in Santiago - Chile
Grated coconut & passionfruit pudding, Porto Seguro - Brazil
Homemade empanadas for New Year - Argentina
Juices of the Jungle, Belem - Brazil
Moceca in Salvador - Brazil
Night in the Jungle BBQ - Brazil
Paradilla in Montevideo- Uruguay
Rosemary's Roasts in Villa Gesell - Argentina
Rum - everywhere
Shrimp & Starfish in Rio - Brazil
Steak at La Cabrera - Argentina
Sugarcane and pastilles at Grand Central Station - Brazil
Tapioca Jungle bread & palm fruits - Brazil
Tree Tomato juice in Santa Marta - Colombia
Trout at El rincon Lucy's - Colombia

and the not so good
2 minute noodles ad nauseum
Pizza in Popayan - Colombia
Capybara in Los Llanos - Venezuela
Garlic Cinnamon Toast - Venezuela
Indian Tree Bread fungus - Chile
Mariscal in Santiago's mercado - Chile
Tocaca acidic sludge in Manaus - Brazil

Top hikes
Circumnavigation of Easter Island - Chile
Mt Fitzroy Range - Argentina
Pantanal hiking - Brazil
Cotopaxi & Quilitoa - Ecuador
Sierra Nevada National Park - Venezuela
Tayrona National Park - Colombia
Tierra del Fuego National Park - Argentina
Up to Angel Falls - Venezuela
Valle de Cocora, Salento - Colombia
Valle de Francis, Torres del Paine National Park - Chile

Top wildlife encounters
Alan and the giant anteater, Los Llanos - Venezuela
Birding in Los Llanos - Venzuela
Bug night in Los Llanos - venezuela
Butterfly catching in Catatumbo - Venezuela
Cuddled by a 3 toed sloth, Manaus - Brazil
Face to face with an anaconda, Los Llanos - Venezuela
Giant water lillies in Amazon - Brazil
Happy with the hummingbirds, Acaimen - Colombia
Macaws & Toucans in the Pantanal - Brazil
Mosquito madness in the Pantanal - Brazil
Penguins, leopard seals, whales - Antarctica
Piranha fishing in the Pantanal - Brazil
Preying mantis on the head, Cainama National Park - Venezuela
Snorkelling the Rio Prata, Bonito - Brazil

Best beaches
Anakena, Easter Island - Chile
Canoa Quebrada - Brazil
Copacabana & Ipanema - Brazil
Los Frailes - Machacilla NP, Ecuador
Punto del Diablo - Uruguay
Tayrona National Park - Colombia
Villa Gesell - Argentina

Best horserides
Canoa Quebrada - Brazil
Chugchilan to Quilitoa - Ecuador
San Augustin - Colombia
The Pantanal - Brazil
Torres del Paine - Chile
Valle de Cocora - Colombia

Best towns & cities
Belem - Brazil
Buenos Aires - Argentina
Canoa Quebrada - Brazil
Carthagena - Colombia
El Chalten - Argentina
Paraty - Brazil
Punto del Diablo - Uruguay
Quito - Ecuador
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Salento - Colombia
Salvador - Brazil
Villa del Leyva - Colombia

Top boat rides
Across the Magellan Straits - Chile
All aboard the Polar Pioneer - Antarctica
Jaganda in Maceio - Brazil
Los Llanos - Venezuela
Navimag - Chile
Nightime in the Jungle - Brazil
Pantanal - Brazil
To Angel Falls - Venezuela
To Catatumbo - Venezuela
Upstream on the Amazon - Belem to Manaus

and of course

People
Alan - Venezuela
Alex - The Pantanal
Andre & Leo - Uruguay
Ans & Meik - Easter Island
Arran & Fran - The Pantanal
Brianna & Sarah - Quilitoa & Quito
Carly & Mark - Tucan
Chris - Tucan
Cris, Vanessa, Caesar, Guilherme,& Mark - Rio
Emma S in BA
Enrique & Luis - Salento
Eva - Easter Island
Felipe - El Calafate & Uruguay
Jan in Ushuaia and BA
Juan Francisco and Maria Victoria - Uruguay
Judd, Terry, Maggie, Dr John, Keith, Gray & Dave aboard the Polar Pioneer
Liz H - Argentina
Lincoln - Villa Gesell
Luis - Easter Island
Mad Marcel - Cabo Polonio, Uruguay
Michelle, Anke & Ross and the Drago gang
Pepe, Claudio, Jorge & Horacio - Buenos Aires
Pip - Tucan
Robert, Stefan, Nathalie in Ushuaia
Robyn - Chile
Sam the Landord & Gary from Glocester Rd, Navimag - Chile
Steve & Carol, - Kumuka
Trev - Antarctica
Valeria - Santiago
Wedson- Brazil

Farewell South America...... !

Hannah xxx

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