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Scouting Remote, Mythical Mountains in Patagonia, Chile
You don’t need to be Indiana Jones to visit one of the most exotic locations on earth. Located at the tip of Chile, a long and thin ribbon of land unfurling down the western…
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Ascending an Active Volcano in Quito, Ecuador
You can't help but notice the cold, jagged peaks that clutch the city of Quito in its bosom as your plane makes the descent to the suffocated runway. The eastern slopes of the active…
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Experiencing the Tropical Savanna in the Center of Brazil
Just 150 kilometers west of the capital city of Brasília is the preserved 18th-century mining town of Pirenópolis. While a first-class attraction in its own right, this rural community is sometimes overshadowed by the…
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Hoofing to the Papagaio Heights of Ilha Grande in Brazil
At 3380 feet, Pico da Pedra d'Água may be the highest point of Ilha Grande, but the trek to Pico do Papagaio (3221 feet) is the crowning achievement for hikers on this nature-reserve island…
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Posting Notes Coast to Coast from the Patagonian Interior, Argentina
Twenty five kilometers south of Bariloche, Argentina, a new stream sets out for the Atlantic, passing within a few hundred yards of another tiny river beginning its course across the Andes to the Pacific…
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Marveling at the Stones of Sacsayhuaman in Cusco, Peru
Who built this huge structure in which gigantic rocks of assorted shapes are put together with marvelous precision? Was it the ancient Incas or (as some purport) super-human beings from outer space? Ponder this…
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Standing in the Middle of Salt and Sea in Araya Peninsula, Venezuela
A short, but hot and sticky car ride inland on the Araya Peninsula in the far east of Venezuela takes the beach traveler to a mirage-like beauty of the salinas. Here the slick white…
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Trekking the Highland of Diamonds in Bahia, Brazil
The striking landscape seems to be the lovechild of a sultry rainforest and a brazen desert on steroids. Lencois is a seven-hour bus ride from Salvador Bahia, and the gateway to Chapada Diamantinha—“The Highland…
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Chilling at a Backpacker Party Spot on Punta del Este, Uruguay
After playing all day on the exclusive, boho beaches of La Barra, a ritzy enclave near glamorous Punta del Este, Uruguay (the Hamptons of South America), you're kicking back in a hammock and drinking…
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Tossing Confetti and Pretending to Samba in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
In Rio de Janeiro, enemies forget their differences and forgotten friends are found again. For five days, Brazilians stop work, leave their worries behind, and head to the streets decked in glitter and confetti…
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Reverting Back to Childhood on a Volcano in Pucon, Chile
Nestled in the Andes Mountains, lies touristy, but quaint Pucón, Chile, at the base of the Volcán Villarica. Not everyone who sets out makes it up the snow-covered active volcano; those who do are…
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Chilling With the Howler Monkeys in Mompos, Colombia
If ever there was a place that invoked images of the Macondo from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude it is Mompos, a sleepy colonial relic situated along the banks of the…
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Solving a Mystery Alongside Argentina’s National Roads
Argentina—land of enigmas. Where are Juan Peron’s hands? Just what, exactly, is buried in Evita’s grave? What’s up with the numerous red shrines dotting Argentina’s roadsides? Finally, a mystery you can actually solve. The…
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Witnessing the Sunrise at Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
A visit to Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni will transport you to a different world. The country's most spectacular natural wonder is a captivating 4,000-square-mile desert of salt. As the sun breaks on the horizon,…
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Succumbing to the Senses at Rio's Ipanema Beach in Brazil
A sidewalk of black and white tile stretches like an endless bolt of Marimekko fabric, separating posh high-rises from the beach that has inspired a generation of lust and longing. But the muscle beach…
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