From the category archives:

South America

Potosi, Bolivia: Roof of the world in the Americas

GUEST ARTICLE: Windswept blood-red plains of volcanic rock, ash and acidic lakes that support no life – sounds more like an alien landscape than the middle of a continent home to the Amazon basin but this is southern Bolivia. I don’t know how this place missed out on everyday discussion about Top Ten Places to [...]

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Argentina Patagonia Wilderness: Alpine Mountains, Valleys, Frozen Tundra Plateaus

GUEST ARTICLE: Argentine Patagonia, the southern corner of South America, offers travellers a full spectrum of wilderness experiences. From alpine mountain peaks and valleys, to frozen desert-like tundra plateaus that span for hundreds of miles, this region makes for hiking, road trip and photographic heaven.

Patagonia has always been a frontier land of Argentina, never experiencing [...]

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Overland Transport Argentina: Buses Better Than Flying

GUEST ARTICLE: Buses in Argentina. The sound of this (to most gringos) conjures up third-hand stories of tourists being sandwiched between farm animals, experiencing long delays, or being robbed in the middle of the night. However in our experience, this couldn’t be further from the truth.

El Chalten Valley photo credit: Nick Healy

In fact, after spending [...]

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Lima, Peru – Gateway to Machu Picchu Cuzco and mysterious Nazca Lines

GUEST ARTICLE: This was our first trip to Peru and before arriving we didn’t get too many rave reviews about Lima, in fact we heard it was somewhat dangerous being such a poor country. However Lima was much better than expected & has a lot to offer travelers willing to go off the beaten track
Lima [...]

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Enjoying Great Food in Crowded Metropolis of Buenos Aires, Argentina

GUEST ARTICLE: I wouldn’t call Buenos Aires one of the most beautiful cities we’ve ever been to, but it was definitely one of the most interesting.
We were there for 5 days and barely touched it. What we did see was pretty impressive and the local food is delicious and certainly worth trying. The roughly [...]

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San Pedro De Atacama (Chile) – Like Nowhere Else on Earth

GUEST ARTICLE: The flight from Santiago, Chile up to Calama only took two hours. From above you could see the drastic change in the terrain and soon the most arid desert in the world was below us. Stepping out onto the scorching black tarmac, our eyes burned not only from the brilliant sun [...]

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Pucón at the base of Chiles Active Volcano Villarrica

GUEST ARTICLE: Ola! After leaving Santiago in our little tinbox we headed south (about 9 hrs) towards Pucón. It appears that the real Chile is outside of Santiago. Meaning very poor and nothing like what we western folks are used to, no big Ramada’s on every corner that’s for sure!

Chile – Volcan Villarrica closeup showing [...]

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Santiago, Chile – Great Food, Nightlife and Culture

GUEST ARTICLE: Ola Amigos!! We’ve just finished our Santiago, Chile leg and loved it!! We weren’t sure what to expect in South America, it has been given sort of a bad rap from past histories, but we can honestly say we fully enjoyed every minute of it – throw away any preconceived notions and get [...]

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