Destination: Central and South America
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Unexpected and exotic highlights of a South American ski trip include a moss-covered forest reverie and nighttime flames.
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It’s love at first slide for a novice sandboarder, who falls -- again and again -- for the gritty sport while visiting a Peruvian oasis.
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Grandeur -- magnificent churches, striking architecture -- and gritty reality coexist in the heart of the Ecuadorian capital.
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A father and daughter travel to the Peruvian jungle for a firsthand look at -- and a better appreciation of -- life in an endangered area.
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Porto Alegre’s urbane flair gives it a European cachet, yet it’s the blending of local cultural elements that gives it a rapid pulse of its own.
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For amateur astronomers, observatories east of La Serena open up windows to whole new worlds, weather permitting.
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This city of heady contrasts and breathtaking vistas is much like the girl from Ipanema: beautiful, and hinting at much to discover.
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A California resident heads to the sunny Southern Hemisphere to learn to surf, and finds having fun, like finding the perfect wave, is hard work, even in laid-back Praia do Rosa, Brazil.
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About 750 miles north of Rio de Janeiro, Diamond Highlands, a national park, protects a spectacularly dramatic and ecologically diverse landscape.
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Passengers find rough seas, amazing scenery and exotic wildlife on a two-week cruise from Buenos Aires to Valparaíso, Chile.
