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 Colombia, coffee and capersThis year I decided I would try something different. Some of my friends have taken G Adventures tours, so I thought I would give them a chance. I call the company, tell them I'm a writer and ask if they have a tour they'd like me to cover - I suggested the Galápagos Islands - they counter with Colombia.
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 Lima is a city of chaotic blissI was born and raised in Lima, Peru. Although 23 years have gone by since we left, I cherish each of my visits to my hometown.
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 Man tried to take 247 animals on planeA Czech national was nabbed in Argentina for trying to board a transatlantic flight with 247 live animals including poisonous snakes and endangered reptiles packed in a bulging suitcase.
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 Express ride to Machu PicchuWhen Hiram Bingham first journeyed to the Lost City of the Incas in 1911, there were none of the amenities enjoyed by travellers along the route today. Indeed, there wasn't even a trail to follow, let alone a luxury train for the journey.
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 Piranha problem takes bite out of Brazilian beach funAuthorities in a state in Brazil’s northeast are scrambling to take the fright and the bite off the beach after piranhas sunk their teeth into about 100 beachgoers, UOL Noticias reported.
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 Adventure in the Andes: a hike in Ecuador's highlandsFor five hours, we’d hiked through rain, mud, eucalyptus forests and corn and fava bean fields in the hilly Andean highlands a few hours north of Quito. Here, nearly 3,000 metres high along the equator, the sun rises and sets at 6 o’clock. Every day. All year.
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 South American voyage tests travellersIt's the deadliest tip of the world and, as we approach Cape Horn, it bares its fangs.
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 Patagonia is a stark land with lovely surprises'Patagonia," wrote the British author Bruce Chatwin, is the "country at the far end of the world."
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 There are all kinds of guy getaways, but Cooperstown is a home runYou have time to think while on the road to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. And you will be on the road, because there is no airport in Cooperstown. This means driving.
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 Into the Valley of LongevityEugenia laughed when I asked her how old she was. "Seventy-one," she replied, eyes twinkling. She looked older than her years. Her age spots appeared to merge with one another and deep wrinkles carved a long history across her face. Only fierce energy and a sharp mind betrayed her relative youth. Eugenia was a great character, but her response wasn't what I had hoped for.
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 Time for skiers to head south, to ChileDevoted skiers and snowboarders crave thrilling slopes and exceptional snow all year-round, and Chile's Andes Mountains have heaps of both.
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 Expedition cruising a major focus for DiscoveryWho can forget the Love Boat, the hit television series of the '70s and '80s, which was filmed on the Pacific Princess, and occasionally, the Island Princess?
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 Welcome to Rocinha - a city tour through the other Rio de JaneiroThe film "City of God" introduced the world to life in Brazil's shanty towns, known as favelas. Adapted from a novel by Paulo Lins, the film traced the violent growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro.
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 Explore Ecuador's richly diverse rainforestThe guide hushed us as we walked through the jungle in our rubber boots. If we were very quiet, he said, we might be able to catch a glimpse of the howler monkey whose howling we had been hearing intermittently from somewhere high in the canopy of the rainforest.
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 Chile's Valparaiso is more laid back than the capital"The people here have the best legs in Chile," a local tells me as we climb up a cobbled side street in Valparaiso.
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 Buenos Aires all about ambienceWe were two young, post-university friends with a sense of adventure, and a trip to South America had been on our minds.
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 Cape Horn's rare appearanceThis is the tale of how one lucky cruise got an early-morning glimpse of the End of the World.
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 Peru lures wealthy tourists with luxury train, yogaComplete with five-star hotels, world-class restaurants, luxury trains and an indoor oxygen system, Tim Jones' trip to the famous Inca ruins at Machu Picchu in Peru was anything but rough.
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 48 hours in Lima, PeruGot 48 hours to explore Lima? Long considered just a stopover on the way to the famous Inca ruins at Machu Picchu, Lima has emerged as a destination spot of its own in recent years.
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 Top places to wed -- and survive a break-upFrom the giddy heights of romance and commitment to the best places to be miserable and lonely, Lonely Planet has compiled them in all in one list. The list is from Lonely Planet's "1000 Ultimate Experiences."
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 One thing above all draws the curious, the adventurous and those who love nature to these rough-hewn volcanic islands 960 kilometres west of Ecuador: the animals.
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 Taste of Santiago well worth the tripWhen I received the invitation to judge at the 7th Annual Wines of Chile Awards, I was pretty excited. I had never been to the svelte South American nation, thus my knowledge of Chilean food and culture was entirely second-hand.
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 Armchair naturalist discovers a wonderland of orchids and birds in EcuadorI've often fantasized about retracing the steps of such naturalists as Charles Darwin, Alexander von Humboldt and William Bartram, who saw exotic places and recorded, in detail, the plants and animals they encountered on their expeditions.
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 48 hours in CaracasCaribbean heat mingles with Andean cool in Caracas, which is nestled against a verdant mountain range, cresting at over 2,700 metres.
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 Chilean Patagonia is rugged, immense and spectacularReaching the top of a small knoll straddling the Chilean-Argentine border, I was taken aback by the view. In every direction, there was a multicoloured landscape capped by a startlingly blue sky. This was Patagonia at its grandest.
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