Burnished cheeks of Andean girls and boys. Undulating waves of forest canopy. Burnt brown pampas. Crashing waves. Walls of ice. Fields of maize. Desert sunsets. Wine just poured. Skies of cobalt and little fluffy clouds. Golden masks that echo the first light on a mountain peak. Dyed threads on an intricate, woven shawl... The colours of Latin America are as vivid and varied as the experiences travellers can enjoy.
South America may have been a "lost world" for centuries, home to myths of feisty Amazonian women and the riches of El Dorado, but today, modern explorers to the continent will find it no less enthralling and magical. From the peaks of the Andes down to the snaking Amazon River, from the coast of the Caribbean right round to the shores of the Pacific, from the volcanoes of Ecuador to the wilds of Patogonia, one still finds vast extensions of natural wilderness, waiting to unveil their secrets to Mankind. The continent harbours some of Nature's last true frontiers.
But one also finds cultures, both ancient and modern: ruined cities buried in sand or half-hidden in forests, sleepy towns that spring to multi-hued life on market day, Mother Earth beside weeping Virgins, writers and poets, romantics and revolutionaries, music pouring from every bus and store, home and pore, dance, ritual, shamans, priests, and through it all, fiesta, rumba, salsa, alegría, joie de vivre...
Travelling to South America is like a rush of blood to the senses. Flavours burst forth from fresh fruit juices. The aromas of chocolate, coffee, cinnamon and wine... Encounters, flashes of recognition, language barriers bridged by a smile. Vistas to make your eyes ache, views to make your fingers tingle, winds that roar, monkeys that howl, sun that beats. It's all here, across what Arthur Conan Doyle called "the grandest, richest, most wonderful bit of Earth upon this planet."
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