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| Crossing Bolivia's Altiplano |
Lying at an elevation of 4000 meters and covering 10% of the country, the Bolivian Altiplano is the highest plateau in the world. |
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| Gold, Rum And Calypso: El Callao, Venezuela |
Once every year, an undistinguished backwater mining town explodes with all the color, music and merriment of the wildest carnival in Venezuela.
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In a small but significant way, a dedicated student volunteer brings cooking improvements to help indigenous Quechuan communities in Peru in their centuries-old struggle to persevere |
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| "Mi Buenos Aires Querido" |
The many unique neighborhoods of Buenos Aires are the elements that give color and flare to this exciting city. |
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| Santigo, Chile: A Rare City In A Troubled World |
Santiago, Chile, is a rare find in this day and age. It is an inviting, thoroughly modern city whose citizens exhibit a natural old-world charm and courtesy. It is a country where elders are revered and gentlemen still tip their hats to ladies. |
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| Kapawi: The Outter Limits Of Soft Adventure |
Ecuador's rainforest still offers the real thing: former headhunters, magical shamans, "chicha" beverages made from masticated and fermented yucca roots, blowgun practice, rainforest treks, tropical-bird-watching and lots more for the reformed couch potato. |
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| Venzuela From Angel Falls To Angel Fish |
The first doorway to European colonization of South America, Venezuela offers today's ecotourist a rich choice of soft adventures |
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| Chile: Cruising In The Wake Of Magellan... |
Snow-capped mountains, glaciers, vast virginal panoramas, salmon-filled waters--no, not Norway, not Alaska, not Scotland. All of these exist below the equator in southern Chile, together with that region's own unique attractions. |
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| Machu Picchu: Enduring Treasure Or MacPicchu |
The exact nature of all the structures in Machu Picchu is still unknown, but the citadel is just on the border of the cold highlands and the warmer rainforest. It is thought to have been an important religious center and a place of retreat for the emperor from the colder climate of Cusco and the demands of empire. |
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NOT Ecuador's "Surviving Amazon..." |
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Adam and Eve and Charles Darwin never had it so good. M/V Galapagos Explorer II makes exploration of this corner of Eden an experience fit for royalty. |
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| Exploring Peru's Manu Forest Reserve |
Peru's Manu National Park, since 1997 a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve, is just one of this South American country's treasures. Thanks to the variety and rarity of its ecosystems and their scientific interest, Manu is considered to be one of the most significant parks in the world. Its Reserved Zone is now open to visitors. |
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| The Rainforest Of Bolivia |
"So you sometimes feel like getting away from it all--as far away as you can get--maybe to a jungle somewhere!" |
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"There lives the blue mother-of-blue; blue's secret, blue solitude; blue'saerie, lapis lazuli blue; the blue spine of my country." |
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| South America: It's Time To Rediscover It! |
"...Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo... and Buenos Aires... Each is a sophisticated, vibrant and remarkable world-class metropolis with its own soul and personality." |
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| Guyana: An Undiscovered Eden |
You've done the Caribbean resorts, you've been to Europe. Now you're looking for a really unspoiled destination where you can get close to nature in a place that hasn't been hyped, paved over and glitzed up. Try Guyana. |
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