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        <h1>Travel Amazing South America</h1>
        <p>South America... the name alone conjures up an array of breathtaking images. It captures your imagination with the majestic Andes blessed with mountains, valleys and volcanoes of sheer beauty.<br />
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        <p>I've traveled 18 months non-stop in South America. The journey took me from Caracas, <a href="/venezuela.html" title="Travel information on Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, to Ushuaia, <a href="/argentina.html" title="Travel information on Argentina">Argentina</a>.</p>
        <p><a href="/cotopaxi.html" title="Cotopaxi - The Highest Active Volcano of the World"><img class="img-right-link" src="/image-files/cotopaxi-thumb.jpg" alt="Cotopaxi - Ecuador" height="100" width="150" /></a> Besides traveling for such a long time I also lived just over 2 years in <a href="/la-plata.html" title="Travel information on La Plata">La Plata</a>, Argentina, and you will not be surprised if I tell you that I know South America by heart. It is an enchanting continent with a diversity beyond imagination.</p>
        <p>As I've received a lot of questions from people of how they should prepare themselves to embark on a travel adventure to South America I decided to set up a website which can make the decision making on your part easier.</p>
        <p>I had never been on a long distance flight when I decided one day to go and travel in South America. There were some books that had captured my imagination and I still remember that especially the shroud of mystery worked like a magnet.</p><br />
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        <p><a href="/peru.html" title="Gorgeous shepherd girl with dog - Peru"><img src="/image-files/girl-and-dog-peru.jpg" alt="Gorgeous shepherd girl with dog - Peru" width="113" height="150" border="0" style="float:left;" /></a> <a href="/machu-picchu.html" title="Machu Picchu - The Lost City of the Incas">Machu Picchu</a>, the <em>Nazca lines</em>, the <a href="/galapagos-islands.html">Galapagos Islands</a>, <a href="/lake-titicaca.html" title="Lake Titicaca - The Highest Navigable Lake in the World">Lake Titicaca</a>, the <em>rainforest</em>, <a href="/cuzco.html">The Incas</a>, <a href="/easter-island.html" title="Easter Island - A Wonderful Enigma">Easter Island</a>... there was a strong inner compulsion to experience, to breath, to touch these unknown territories. And that music, the amazing <a href="/samba.html" title="Music from Brazil">artists from Brazil</a>. Words cannot describe the beauty of an art that is so abstract yet so compelling to the soul.</p>
        <p>Maybe this is your first visit and you just want some general information, or you're in doubt of how and where to start. Just go to <a href="/backpacking-south-america.html" title="Backpacking South America: How to Start">Backpacking South America: How to Start</a> to get started. There you'll find a map, lots of travel advice and a list of the "must see" places.</p>
        <p><a href="/lake-titicaca.html" title="Lake Titicaca - The Highest Navigable Lake in the World"><img class="img-right-top" src="/image-files/titicaca-thumb.jpg" alt="Titicaca Lake - Bolivia" width="150" height="100" /></a> You'll find details on embarking on a tour, find the ski spot you were looking for, where to <a href="/pantanal.html" title="Pantanal - World's Largest Wetland">fish piranhas in the Amazon Basin</a> or how to climb the <a href="/cotopaxi.html" title="Cotopaxi - The Highest Active Volcano of the World">highest active volcano of the world</a> (yes, it's in South America). If you're focused on one country just click on your destination on the top of this page.</p>
        <p>If it hits you suddenly that you´re completely lost (that's when real adventure starts) just click on the "Home" button and you land right on this page again.</p>
        <p><b>Travel in South America</b> and cherish all the wonderful attractions this continent has to offer. Whatever way you choose to explore this amazing continent, be it on your own or in one of the <a href="/south-america-tours/">many amazing South America tours available</a>, South America will capture your heart forever.</p>
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