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SOUTH AMERICA
April-December 2004
ECUADOR
(3 weeks) "Rookie mistakes" at the beginning of eight-months of travel
in
South America; family stay & Spanish lessons in Cuenca; close
encounters with thieves in Quito. (For Napo River outing see AMAZONIA
travelogue)
GALAPAGOS
(8 days) Cruise through
Galapagos Islands on the Coral
AMAZONIA
(2 weeks) Terrible eco-lodge on Napo River in Ecuadorian Amazonia;
wonderful Mamiraua eco-lodge in Brazilian Amazonia; terrifying Amazon River
journey with smugglers; Iquitos; monkeys, jaguar and anteater in private reserve
in Peruvian Amazonia
PERU
(6 weeks) Local family stay, Spanish lessons and festivals in Cusco; trekking
to Machu
Picchu; Sacred Valley; Moray ruins, salt pans. (For Iquitos, see
AMAZONIA travelogue)
BOLIVIA
(5 weeks) Uyuni salt flats via jeep; Copacabana, Lake Titicaca &
Isla del Sol; La Paz; "World's Most Dangerous Road" to Corioco; silver mine in Potosi; family stay,
festivals, visit with Quechua family, &
Spanish lessons in Sucre
BRAZIL
(3 weeks) Horseback riding, piranha fishing,
capybaras, coatis, birds and other wildlife in Pantanal wetlands;
snorkeling in Bonito rivers; hiking next to thunderous Iguazu Falls.
(For Brazilian Amazonia see
AMAZONIA travelogue)
ARGENTINA &
URUGUAY (5 weeks) Uruguay: home-stays in
Montevideo & Punta del Este, visit to Colonia; Argentina: 3 weeks
in Buenos Aires: steaks, wine, tango, walking tours, soccer, rugby, polo,
concerts, leather shops, absentee voting in U.S. election; hiking near
mountain resort towns of Bariloche & Villa la Angostura
PATAGONIA
(5 weeks) CHILE: Chiloe Island, Puerto Montt, 4-day Navimag ferry
cruise through Chilean fjords, Puerto Natales, hut-to-hut trekking in
Torres del Paine National Park; ARGENTINA: El Calafate, Moreno Glacier,
cruising past icebergs to five glaciers; El Chalten: ice-trekking on
glaciers; Ushuaia: the southernmost city on earth - El fin del mundo.
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Joan and Lou Rose
joanandlou@ramblingroses.net