ARGENTINA

FROM THE COLORS OF THE WARM SPRING

TO THE COLORS OF THE FREEZING PATAGONIA

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.

BOLIVIA: LA PAZ, ITS CAPITAL CITY, A CELEBRATION WITH FOLKLOR DANCE, A MARKET STAND, AND THE ANDES MOUNTAINS.

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.

CHILE: SANTIAGO, VALPARAISO, ISLA DE PASCOA AND THE ATACAMA DESERT

CHILE IS ALSO KNOWN FOR ITS DANCE CALLED THE “CUECA”, THE BEAUTY OF PUERTO MONT WHERE YOU CAN GO ON A CRUISE ANDVIEW THE ANDES SNOWED PEAKS, AND THE COLORFULPUNTA ARENAS AND VAL-PARAISO.

COLOMBIA: VISIT OUR CAPITAL BOGOTAA 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!

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.

MEDELLIN, AN INDUSTRIAL CITY AND ITS PEOPLE KNOWN AS “PAISAS”. A VIEW OF WHAT THE “FINCAS” (FARMS) LOOK LIKE IN THIS REGION, AND OFCOURSE A COFFEE PLANTATION!

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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.

COSTA RICAAND 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.

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.

CUBA: CAYO COCO, CAMAGUEY, SUGAR CANE

PLANTATION,CUBA GRANDE, HAVANA, AND THE COLORFUL CUBAN FOLKLORE.

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!

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.

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

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.

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?

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.

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.

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!

EL SALVADOR: A MAGICAL LAND WITH SPANISH FLAVOR. DOWNTOWN SAN SALVADOR (THE CAPITAL OF THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY) DEPICTS THAT TYPEOF 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 INDUSTRIALIZEDCOUNTRY IN CENTRAL AMERICA. EL SALVADOR WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF JESUS. ITS NAME MEANS “THE SAVIOR”

EL SALVADOR IS A COUNTRY WHERE YOU CAN LEARN A LOT ABOUT THE MAYAN CULTURE BY VISITING THE RUINS OF TEMPLES AND THE NATIONALMUSEUM 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.

GUATEMALA

A TRADITIONAL CENTRAL AMERICANCOUNTRY, FULL OF HARDWORKINGPEOPLE. ANTIGUA, ITS FIRST CAPITAL,IS KNOWN FOR ITS STREETS THATKEEP THE FRESHNESS OF THE FIRSTSETTLERS. SUNSETS IN THE BEACH ORA NIGHT OUT IN GUATEMALA CITYARE A VERY POPULAR ATTRACTION.

GUATEMALA IS ANOTHER COUNTRY THAT HAS PRE-COLUMBIAN RUINSTHE MAGNIFICENT TIKAL IS ONE OF THE MAYAN PYRAMIDS FOUND INTHIS PART OF AMERICA. GUATEMALA HAS WONDERFUL CELEBRATIONS SUCH AS CARNIVAL ANDCORPUS CHRISTI, WHICH MIXES THE PAGAN AND THE RELIGIOUS.IT IS THE HOME OF NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ, AN INDIGENOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST

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HONDURAS TEGUCIGALPA, THE CAPITALOF THIS CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY

IS ABLEND 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.

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.

MEXICO AND ITS CAPITALMEXICO CITY, THE THIRDMOST POPULATED CITY IN THE WORLD.

CUERNAVACA THE BALMY, SPRING-LIKE, SEMITROPICAL CLIMATE IS A BIG DRAW FOR CUERNAVACA

THE RUINS OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS IN MEXICO SPEAK OF THE UNDENI-ABLE SENSE OF ARCHITECTURE THEY HAD. WE CAN VISIT THE RUINS OFCHICHENITZA, PALENQUE, TEOTIHUACAN, AND UXMAL. EACH ONE OF THESESTONES HAS A UNIQUE STORY TO TELL US IF WE JUST GO BACK IN TIME AND TRY TO IMAGINE HOW THEIR DWELLERS LIVED.

THE ARID REGION OF THE SONORA DESERT IS JUST THE INVITATION TOKEEP 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.