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Machu Pichu, Peru
Stepping into a Postcard Machu Picchu ends up on most of our “someday” lists at one point, and I just got to check it off mine. Though my husband and I didn’t hike to it via the Inca Trail, we still...
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Chile, South America
Lush Valleys to Snowy Peaks From my front-row seat at “Pure Energy, Pure Chile” – a multimedia light show celebrating Chile’s Bicentennial – the presidential palace in the capital of Santiago was a...
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Coffee Triangle, Columbia
If you mention going to Colombia to almost anyone be prepared for a long pause and then a grimace. While the country has had a reputation for being dangerous in the past, it’s just that…in the past....
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Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena, a new jewel in the Caribbean Cartagena, a new jewel in the Caribbean, has finally landed Colombia on the map as a safe, viable option for tourists. Sitting on the northern coast of...
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Lima, Peru
Lima, “The City of Kings”, is the fifth largest city in Latin America and was once the capital of South America. Straddling the coast of the Pacific Ocean, it’s known for its’ Incan ruins surrounding...
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San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Walking on The Moon – the Atacama Desert Mars? The moon? The end of the earth? Those were the first three things that popped into my head the moment I touched down in Calama, Chile. It didn’t matter...
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Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay
We Fell for Iguazu Falls Iguazu Falls has been called one of the greatest natural wonders on earth, and one of the places to visit before you die. Why then, did only one of us know it existed? Do...
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Amazon, Brazil
I’m sitting on the terrace of the lodge, and as if by magic the evening’s backdrop draws gracefully towards me. Colored a faint bluish grey, the slanted curtain of water begins with a light tap, tap,...
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires is a huge city with thirteen million people living in the greater metro area. While it is low on the list of the top 20 largest cities by metropolitan area, most people don’t know that...
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Costa Rica, Central America’s Jewel
To say that Costa Rica is a country of stark contrasts is an understatement. I mean, how can a country roughly the size of New Hampshire and Vermont combined, offer such diversity? Two distinct coastal...
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Adventures on Peru’s Coast
Ernest Hemingway came to the Peruvian Coast in 1956—partly to fish for black marlin, partly to oversee the filming of his monumental novel, The Old Man and the Sea. Almost 60 years after his visit, I,...
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Quito, Ecuador: Andean awakening
Photo: Gavin Haines A few puffs on a Marlboro and a damn good thrashing with some herbs – apparently that’s all it takes to stop a child from having nightmares. Or so the limpea healers in Quito’s San...
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Machu Pichu, Peru
Stepping into a Postcard Machu Picchu ends up on most of our “someday” lists at one point, and I just got to check it off mine. Though my husband and I didn’t hike to it via the Inca Trail, we still...
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Chile, South America
Lush Valleys to Snowy Peaks From my front-row seat at “Pure Energy, Pure Chile” – a multimedia light show celebrating Chile’s Bicentennial – the presidential palace in the capital of Santiago was a...
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Coffee Triangle, Columbia
If you mention going to Colombia to almost anyone be prepared for a long pause and then a grimace. While the country has had a reputation for being dangerous in the past, it’s just that…in the past....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena, a new jewel in the Caribbean Cartagena, a new jewel in the Caribbean, has finally landed Colombia on the map as a safe, viable option for tourists. Sitting on the northern coast of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lima, Peru
Lima, “The City of Kings”, is the fifth largest city in Latin America and was once the capital of South America. Straddling the coast of the Pacific Ocean, it’s known for its’ Incan ruins surrounding...
View ArticleClik here to view.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Walking on The Moon – the Atacama Desert Mars? The moon? The end of the earth? Those were the first three things that popped into my head the moment I touched down in Calama, Chile. It didn’t matter...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay
We Fell for Iguazu Falls Iguazu Falls has been called one of the greatest natural wonders on earth, and one of the places to visit before you die. Why then, did only one of us know it existed? Do...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Amazon, Brazil
I’m sitting on the terrace of the lodge, and as if by magic the evening’s backdrop draws gracefully towards me. Colored a faint bluish grey, the slanted curtain of water begins with a light tap, tap,...
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