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| Wildlife of the Galapagos Islands Photo Gallery - Giant Tortoises and Sea Turtles |
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Wildlife of the Galapagos Islands Photo Gallery includes these
pictures of giant tortoises and sea turtles, plus links to more resources and information about the Galapagos islands.
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| Ecuador from Space Photo Gallery |
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NASA astronauts have taken thousands of
photos of earth. Enjoy this collection of photos of South America:
cities, coasts, mountains, volcanos, geographical and meteorological detail.
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| Cuenca, Ecuador |
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Cuenca, the third largest city of Ecuador, offers a mix of modern and colonial, green spaces, pleasant parks, a relaxed lifestyle, wildlife preserves and access to Ecuador's Inca ruins at Ingapirca. Called both the Athens of the Andes and the cultural capital of Ecuador, Cuenca has much to offer the visitor.
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| Recipes from South America - Appetizers |
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Enjoy these traditional recipes for preparing
Appetizers in South America.
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| Iguazu Falls Photo Gallery |
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Photographs of Iguazu Falls, on the border between
Brazil and Argentina, include this view of Argentine Falls.
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Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is the second largest country of
the South America countries, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city,
Buenos Aires. It is the eighth largest country in the world by land area and the
largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though Mexico, Colombia and Spain are more
populous. Its continental area is between the Andes mountain range in the west and
the Atlantic Ocean in the east.
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Bolivia Bolivia, well-known officially like the multinational state of Bolivia, is a country without sea in central Suramérica.
It is bordered by Brazil to the north and the east, Paraguay and Argentina to the south,
and Chile and Peru to the west.
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Brazil Brazil offers for both domestic and international tourists, an ample gamut of options,
with natural areas being its most popular tourism product, a combination of ecotourism
with leisure and recreation, mainly sun and beach, and adventure travel, as well as
historic and cultural tourism. Among the most popular travel destinations are the Amazon
Rainforest, beaches and dunes in the Northeast Region, the Pantanal in the Center-West
Region, beaches at the Rio de Janeiro and Santa Catarina, cultural and historic tourism
in Minas Gerais and business trips to São Paulo city. Without a doubt one of the best visited of the south america countries
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Chile According to the National Service of Tourism, 2 million people a year visit Chile.
Most of these visitors come from other countries in the American continent, mainly Argentina;
followed by a growing number from the United States, Europe, and Brazil with a growing
number of Asians from South Korea and PR China..
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Colombia Colombia has the 29th largest population in the world and the second largest of the South America Countries;
Popular tourist attractions include the historic Candelaria district of central Bogotá,
the walled city and beaches of Cartagena, the colonial towns of Santa Fe de Antioquia,
Popayan, Villa de Leyva and Santa Cruz de Mompox, and the Las Lajas Cathedral and the
Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira.
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Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative and democratic republic in
South America, bordered by Colombia to northern Peru in the east and south and the west
Pacific Ocean. It is one of only two South American countries, along with Chile, which
have no border with Brazil. The country also includes the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific,
about 620 kilometers west of the peninsula
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Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located approximately 300 miles
off the mainland coast of South America, 700 miles from continental Antarctica, and 3,800 km of Africa.
There are two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, and 776 smaller islands. The islands are a
self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom and Stanley in East Falkland, is the capital. |
French Guiana The main international airport of French Guiana is Cayenne-Rochambeau Airport, located in the commune of Matoury,
a southern suburb of Cayenne. There are three daily flights to Paris (Orly), served by Air France, Air Caraïbes
and Corsairfly. The flight time from Cayenne to Paris is 8 hours and 25 minutes and from Paris to Cayenne it is
9 hours and 10 minutes. There are also flights to Fort-de-France, Pointe-à-Pitre, Port-au-Prince, Miami and Belem. |
Guyana Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and previously known as British Guiana,
is a state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean.
Discovered by Europeans in 1498, Guyana struggle has been over for 500 years by the Spanish, French,
Dutch, and British. It is the only state of the Commonwealth of Nations on mainland South America.
Guyana is also a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which has its secretariat headquarters in
Guyana's capital Georgetown. Guyana Achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966. |
Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, was one of two
landlocked countries that are totally within the Western Hemisphere, Bolivia being the other,
both in South America. |
Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname is a country in northern South America.
Suriname is situated between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west. The southern border
is shared with Brazil and the northern border is the Atlantic coast. The southern borders with
French Guiana and Guyana are fighting along the rivers Corantijn Marowijne and, respectively, while
part of the maritime boundary dispute with Guyana was arbitrated by the United Nations Convention
on the Law of the Sea on 20 September 2007. |
Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America.
Peru is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on
the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. |
Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Eastern Republic of Uruguay is a country located in the southeastern part of South
America. It is home to some 3.3 million people, of which 1.1 million live in the capital Montevideo and
its metropolitan area. It is estimated that 88% of the population is of European descent. |
Venezuela Venezuela is a country in South America. Having a coastline on the Caribbean Sea and the
North Atlantic Ocean, Venezuela borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east and south of
Brazil, and is situated on major sea and air routes between North and South America.
Off the coast of Venezuela are the states of the Caribbean island of Aruba, the Netherlands
Antilles and Trinidad and Tobago. One of the great south america countries for scuba diving destination |
