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This a journey around South America, from Buenos Aires to Buenos Aires. Keeping mainly to the coast, with side trips inland, this journey will take in Uruguay, Brasil, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Argentina. From the River Plate, Rio, Bahia, Manaus, the Amazon, the Orinoco , the Andes, what a trip!!!!

Soth America

Follow the Coast for our journey of a lifetime

We begin this journey in the Paris of the South, Buenos Aires. A few days here to aclimatise before we move acroos the river to Montivedeo.

Obelisco

9 July the widest avenue in the world

http://www.interhabit.com/interhabit/indexzone.asp?ID=15

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It's time to catch the ferry to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-870467-buenos_aires_by_hydrofoil_and_ferry-i

Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, stay a few days before going to Punte del Este.

A beach in Montevideo

http://www.visit-uruguay.com/montevideo.htm

Punta del Este

From the capital we move to Punta del Este, the premier resot in Uruguay and famous throughout the world

http://www.visit-uruguay.com/puntadeleste.htm

http://www.saderinmobiliaria.com/graficosotros/zguia/distancias.html

From Punta del Este we travel to Porto Alegre, in Brasil. This is the capital city of the province of Rio Grande do Sul. The language changes from Spanish to Portugese, and the food from predominately meat to beans and rice.

Porto Alegre Webcam

http://www.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/portoalegre.html

After a few relaxing days in Rio Grande do Sul, we head for Sao Paulo, the largest city in South America, buses run daily from Potro Alegre to Sao Paulo.

Sao Paulo

A city of 18 million people

http://www.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/saopaulo.html

After 3 or 4 days exploring Sao Paulo & environs we are on the move again this time to RIO DE JANERIO, the home of Carnival, Copacabana & Corcovado

Tall & tan, young & lovely

the girl(s) from Ipanema

http://www.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/rio.html

After those wonderful exhilerating days in Rio its time to head to Bahia. This is in the north of Brasil and was one opf the first places that the Portugese used to bring slaves from Africa. The climate, sounds, smell & climate are totally different to those of southern Brasil

North Coast of Brasil

http://www.bahia-online.net/offthetrack.htm

The next stop on our sojourn is Recife

Recife

http://www.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/recife.html

Now we are really are on the North Coast of Brasil;, Fortaleza

Fortaleza

http://www.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/fortaleza.html

http://www.bootsnall.com/samericatravelguides/fortaleza/fortfaq.shtml

Belem the city at the beginning or the end, depending which way you are coming or going, of the Amazon

The port city

Belem

http://www.brasiltravel.com/International/Info/Belemi.html

After a few days here we are ready to make the trip down the Amazon to Manaus

The Amazon

http://www.privatetours.com.br/amazon.htm

Manaus, the capital of the Brasilian Amazon. We will be herte for a few days before deciding on wether to continue to Iquitos (Peru) or go up the Orinoco to Venazuela, what a decision

Sunset over

Manaus

http://www.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/manaus.html

After sightseeing in and around the fantastic city its time to move onto Venezuela or due to political instabilty, due see Angel Falls & then take a boat to Iquitos and from there by another boat to Pucallpa?

Santa Elena, Ciudad Bolivar & the spectacular Angel Falls in Venezuela are our next stops before we fly or bus it to Caracas, change of language, back to Spanish

Angel Falls

http://www.mipunto.com/venezuelavirtual/000/002/005/002/003.jsp

http://gosouthamerica.about.com/library/weekly/nangel.htm

From the jungle of the Amazon, we are back in civilisation, or is it? in Caracas

http://daryllang.com/venezuela/day8.html

Caracas

http://www.islamargarita.com/teddyenglish.htm

http://www.worldsurface.com/browse/location.asp?locationid=3943

Isla Magarita is the place for R&R before our flifgt to Quito

http://www.islamargarita.com/

Now we leave the Atlantic coast of South America and head westward, over Colombia, to Quito Ecuador. One thing to remember that Quito is 3,000 or so metres above sea level, be careful when walking.

Quito

http://quito.hypermart.net/

After a few days of sightseeing around this wonderful capital it is time to move on to the coast, to Guayquil, from the Andes to the equator, with the possiblity of visiting the Galapogas Islands. Then onward down the Pan American Highway to Peru.

http://www.thebestofecuador.com/guayaquil.htm

Iguana

http://www.discovergalapagos.com/default.html

After a few days looking at these exotic animals, it is time to move down to Peru, first stop Tumbes.

Tumbes

http://www.traficoperu.com/english/ciud25.htm

From Tumbes to Piura, a historical town

http://www.traficoperu.com/english/ciud20.htm

Trujillo, the capital of the Chimu culture our next stop as we head towards Lima

http://www.enjoyperu.com/peru_travel_tours_information/peru_travel_destinations/peru_trujillo/trujillo_trujillo.html

Chan Chan

Chimu Capital

http://whc.unesco.org/sites/366.htm

Huanchaco

http://www.peruhotel.com/francais/galerie.php3?where=Huanchaco

Lima the capital of Peru, great place to spend for a few days, before heading south to Pisco and Nazca

Lima

One of the many plazas in Lima

http://www.peru.com/peruinfo/ingles/info_dptos/lima/lima_turis.htm

Pisco, the wine growing area of Peru, and where the famous brandy comes from & Nazca where there has been much discussion whether the Lines are for UFO landings

Nazca

Is this a beacon for UFO's?

http://www.peru-explorer.com/nasca.htm

http://www.dreamscape.com/morgana/rosalind.htm

Tacna the last city in Peru before we cross the border in to Chile & the city of Arica

http://www.traficoperu.com/english/ciud23.htm

Here we are in Chile, Arica, this part of the journey will take us down the staight coast Chile to Puerto Montt, in the Lake District, to Punta Arenas, at the "End of the World"

Arica Chile