2. FROM THE COLORS OF
THE WARM SPRING
TO THE COLORS OF THE
FREEZING PATAGONIA
3. WHILE IN ARGENTINA
RELAX IN ROSARIO,
VISIT PICTURESQUE
STREETS IN BUENOS
AIRES AND TRY ONE
OR TWO OF THE BASIC
STEPS OF THE
CLASSICAL TANGO.
4. BOLIVIA: LA PAZ, ITS
CAPITAL CITY, A
CELEBRATION WITH
FOLKLOR DANCE,
A MARKET STAND, AND
THE ANDES MOUNTAINS.
5. IN BOLIVIA YOU CAN ENJOY BEAUTIFUL
WATER FALLS, ITS COLONIAL
ARCHITECTURE AND THE FAMOUS
TITICACA LAKE. BOLIVIA IS THE ONLY
COUNTRY IN SOUTH AMERICA THAT
ISN’T BORDERED BY ONE OF THE 2
OCEANS THAT SURROUND OUR
CONTINENT.
7. CHILE IS ALSO KNOWN FOR
ITS DANCE CALLED THE
“CUECA”, THE BEAUTY OF
PUERTO MONT WHERE YOU
CAN GO ON A CRUISE AND
VIEW THE ANDES SNOWED
PEAKS, AND THE
COLORFUL
PUNTA ARENAS AND VAL-
8. COLOMBIA: VISIT OUR CAPITAL BOGOTA
A VERY COSMOPOLITAN CITY WITH OVER 7 MILLION
INHABITANTS, AND IF YOU LIKE TO VISIT TEMPLES
WHETHER TO PRAY OR TO ADMIRE THEIR
ARCHITECTURE, YOU WILL SURELY BE VERY
SATISFIED!
9. CARTAGENA, LOCATED ON THE
ATLANTIC, IS A CITY FULL OF
HISTORY.
YOU CAN SEE THE FORTS BUILT BY
THE SPANIARDS TO DEFEND THE
CITY FROM THE BUCANEERS, GO TO
THE BEACH, PRACTICE WATER
SPORTS,AND GO TO THE MARKET.
10. MEDELLIN, AN INDUSTRIAL CITY AND
ITS PEOPLE KNOWN AS “PAISAS”. A
VIEW OF WHAT THE “FINCAS” (FARMS)
LOOK LIKE IN THIS REGION, AND OF
COURSE A COFFEE PLANTATION!
0
11. THE MAGIC OF COLOMBIA RANGES FROM
BEAUTIFUL PLACES SUCH AS THE LOST CITY,
THE PENINSULA OF LA GUAJIRA, THE TYRONA
PARK (A NATURAL RESERVE), TO OUR
DANCES. IN HERE WE SEE THE CUMBIA, THE
JOROPO, AND THE NOW VERY POPULAR
DANCE SALSA.
12. COSTA RICA
AND THE BEAUTY OF
THE NATURE IN THIS
CENTRAL AMERICAN
COUNTRY. SAN JOSE,
ITS CAPITAL, IS A
VERY MODERN CITY.
THE MOUNTAIN
RANGE, THE BEACH
AND THE NATURAL
FORESTS ARE SOME
OF COSTA RICA’S
MAIN ATTRACTIONS.
13. COSTA RICA IS THE HOME
OF THE ARENAL, AN ACTIVE
VOLCANO SEEN HERE WITH
THE INCANDESCENT LAVA
ERUPTING FROM ITS
DEPTHS.
TO MAKE UP FOR THE FURY
OF NATURE, THERE ARE
THE CRYSTALLINE WATERS THAT CASCADE DOWN THE MOUNTAINS,
PAINTING THE GREEN FOREST TREES WITH A GLOW OF WHITE, AND
BECOMING A GREAT SPORT: WATERFALL CLIMBING.
14. CUBA: CAYO COCO, CAMAGUEY, SUGAR CANE
PLANTATION,CUBA GRANDE, HAVANA, AND
THE COLORFUL CUBAN FOLKLORE.
15. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: LOCATED ON
THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE
CARIBBEAN ISLAND OF HISPANIOLA,
PERHAPS THE LAND THAT COLUMBUS
AND HIS EXPEDITION SIGHTED FIRST,
AN ISLAND OF CONTRAST WHERE YOU
CAN DELIGHT YOURSELF WITH
COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE, MODERN
AND COLORFUL BUILDINGS, AND OF
COURSE ENJOY THE CARIBBEAN!
16. IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
YOU CAN STAY IN
COTTAGES BUILT ON
ELEVATIONS SO YOU CAN
REJOICE WITH THE VIEW
OF THE OCEAN, YOU CAN
EXPLORE THE CENTRAL
PART OF THE ISLAND AND
VISIT THE WATERFALLS,
GO TO PUNTA CANA, OR
SIMPLY EXPERIENCE THE
BEAUTY OF THE TROPICAL
LANDSCAPES.
17. ECUADOR, AND THE FAMOUS MONUMENT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE PLANET. A SIGN THAT
ANNOUNCES THE LATITUDE 0°. A YELLOW LINE
THAT SEPARATES TWO HEMISPHERES: THE
NORTH AND THE SOUTH; THEN YOU JUST NEED
TO TAKE A STEP TO ENTER IN ONE LEAVING THE
OTHER ONE, IN AN UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THAT
CAN ONLY HAPPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
WORLD, PICTURESQUE "CITY" OF COLONIAL
REMINISCENCES, LOCATED IN THE OUTSKIRTS
OF QUITO, CAPITAL OF ECUADOR.
ECUADOR
18. THE OTAVALO INDIANS ARE PROUD OF THEIR
NATIVE ROOTS. THEY STILL WEAR THEIR TYPICAL
ATTIRES TO GO TO THE BIG CITY. THE MEN KEEP
LONG HAIR, AND EVEN WHEN THEY HAVE TO SERVE
THE ARMY THEY DON’T HAVE TO SHAVE IT. THEY
WEAR THEIR ARMY UNIFORMS AND GRACEFULLY
BRAID THEIR HAIR. THIS IS A PART OF THE RIGHTS
THEY HAVE EARNED AS AN ETHNIC GROUP WHO
RESPECT AND HONOR THEIR ANCESTRY. ON
SUNDAYS THERE IS A BIG AND COLORFUL MARKET
WHERE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD MAKE
A STOP DURING THEIR VISIT TO THIS WONDERFUL
COUNTRY.
19. IN THE JUNGLES OF ECUADOR YOU CAN AMAZE YOURSELF WITH THE
EXHUBERANCE OF THE TERRITORY, BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE… YOU
DON’T WANT TO UPSET THE “JIVAROS” AT THE RISK OF HAVING YOUR
HEAD SHRUNK AND THEN WORN AROUND A NECK AS A SYMBOL OF
POWER. THE MORE HEADS ONE OF THIS “JIVAROS” HANG ON THEIR
“NECKLACES”, THE MORE FEARED HE IS. CAN YOU GUESS WHY?
20. ECUADOR IS NOT JUST JUNGLE.
THE PACIFIC ON ITS WEST COAST,
IS THE NEST TO CITIES WHERE YOU
CAN RELAX, WATCH A
BREATHTAKING SUNSET, WALK
ALONG THE ENCHANTING BEACH,
OR TAKE A RIDE ON A SAILBOAT ON
THE HARBOR OF GUAYAQUIL,ONE
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CITIES IN
THE COUNTRY.
21. THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS ARE AN ARCHIPELAGO
MADE UP OF 13 MAIN VOLCANIC ISLANDS, 6 SMALLER
ISLANDS, AND 107 ROCKS AND ISLETS. THE VERY FIRST
ISLAND IS THOUGHT TO HAVE FORMED BETWEEN 5 AND 10
MILLION YEARS AGO, A RESULT OF TECTONIC ACTIVITY. THE
YOUNGEST ISLANDS, ISABELA AND FERNANDINA, ARE STILL
BEING FORMED, WITH THE MOST RECENT VOLCANIC
ERUPTION IN 2005.
THE GALÁPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO IS PART OF ECUADOR.
22. ECUADOR IS ALSO THE
LAND OF VOLCANOES AND
COLONIAL CHURCHES.
PEOPLE IN ECUADOR CAN
ENJOY A WIDE ARRAY OF
CLIMATES AND LAND-
SCAPES. THEY CAN, IN THE
SAME DAY, VISIT A
TROPICAL BEACH AND
CLIMB A SNOWCAPPED
MOUNTAIN!
23. EL SALVADOR: A MAGICAL LAND
WITH SPANISH FLAVOR.
DOWNTOWN SAN SALVADOR
(THE CAPITAL OF THIS
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY) DEPICTS
THAT TYPE
OF ARCHITECTURE, SO UNIQUE OF THE
SPANISH COLONIES. A LAND OF VOLCANOES,
EXTREMELY BRIGHT COLORED FLOWERS, AND
THE CLEAR BLUE WATERS OF THE PACIFIC
OCEAN IN THIS PART OF CENTRAL AMERICA.
EL SALVADOR IS THE MOST INDUSTRIALIZED
COUNTRY IN CENTRAL AMERICA. EL SALVADOR
WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF JESUS. ITS NAME
MEANS “THE SAVIOR”
24. EL SALVADOR IS A COUNTRY WHERE YOU CAN LEARN A LOT ABOUT THE
MAYAN CULTURE BY VISITING THE RUINS OF TEMPLES AND THE NATIONAL
MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY WHERE YOU CAN SEE PLATES, JARS, VASES,
AND OTHER WORKS OF THIS ANCIENT MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATION.
IF YOU PREFER ADVENTURE, YOU CAN GO RAFTING IN THE RAPIDS OF THE
RIVER “PAZ”, OR KAYAKING IN JIQUILISCO BAY.
25. GUATEMALA
A TRADITIONAL CENTRAL AMERICAN
COUNTRY, FULL OF HARDWORKING
PEOPLE. ANTIGUA, ITS FIRST CAPITAL,
IS KNOWN FOR ITS STREETS THAT
KEEP THE FRESHNESS OF THE FIRST
SETTLERS. SUNSETS IN THE BEACH OR
A NIGHT OUT IN GUATEMALA CITY
ARE A VERY POPULAR ATTRACTION.
26. GUATEMALA IS ANOTHER COUNTRY THAT HAS PRE-COLUMBIAN RUINS
THE MAGNIFICENT TIKAL IS ONE OF THE MAYAN PYRAMIDS FOUND IN
THIS PART OF AMERICA.
GUATEMALA HAS WONDERFUL CELEBRATIONS SUCH AS CARNIVAL AND
CORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH MIXES THE PAGAN AND THE RELIGIOUS.
IT IS THE HOME OF NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ, AN
INDIGENOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
.
27. HONDURAS
TEGUCIGALPA, THE CAPITALOF
THIS CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY IS A
BLEND OF MODERN AND COLONIAL.
IT IS AN AGRICULTURAL COUNTRY, AND
AS PROOF OF THIS IT IS THE HOME OF
ONE OF THE BEST AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGES THE GLOBE, WHERE
STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
COMPETE FOR ACCEPTANCE TO RECEIVE
THEIR EDUCATION.
28. HONDURAS IS A VIBRANT COUNTRY, BRIMMING
WITH CLEAR TURQUOISE WATERS, PRISTINE
BEACHES, LUSH JUNGLES, BREATHTAKING
MOUNTAINS, CHALLENGING RIVERS, AND
FASCINATING ANCIENT RUINS.
THE MAYANS WERE ALSO DWELLERS OF THIS
ENCHANTING PART OF CENTRAL AMERICA.
29. MEXICO AND ITS CAPITAL
MEXICO CITY, THE THIRD
MOST POPULATED CITY IN
THE WORLD.
CUERNAVACA THE BALMY,
SPRING-LIKE, SEMITROPICAL
CLIMATE IS A BIG DRAW FOR
CUERNAVACA
30. THE RUINS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS IN MEXICO SPEAK OF THE UNDENI-
ABLE SENSE OF ARCHITECTURE THEY HAD. WE CAN VISIT THE RUINS OF
CHICHENITZA, PALENQUE, TEOTIHUACAN, AND UXMAL. EACH ONE OF THESE
STONES HAS A UNIQUE STORY TO TELL US IF WE JUST GO BACK IN TIME
AND TRY TO IMAGINE HOW THEIR DWELLERS LIVED.
31. THE ARID REGION OF THE SONORA DESERT IS JUST THE INVITATION TO
KEEP EXPLORING THIS LAND OF SPLENDOR UNTIL WE CAN REACH THE
WARM AND BREATHTAKING SUNSETS OF GUAYMAS, THE PORT OF MA-
ZATLAN, OR THE INSPIRING SCENERY OF MICHOACAN.
