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San Pedro de Atacama, desert in Chile

jueves, diciembre 17th, 2009

eL TaTio GeiSeR FieLd por HeLMut G..

San Pedro de Atacama is a town in the middle of the Atacama Desert, and near the Andes mountain range that has become a tourist attraction for adventurers and tourists from around the world. It is notable for its vicinity to several natural tourist destinations such as Geyser Geysers, the beautiful valley of the moon and the countless lagoons and salt lakes that cross geography. This is the third most visited in Chile and currently has a growing activity for their invaluable astronomical heavens. (más…)

Peru destination for nature lovers

viernes, diciembre 4th, 2009

Inca por ricardo180276.

Peru is a country with a great variety of climates and landscapes of exotic nature, where there are archaeological remains of great historical value, making it a paradise for those who love nature. Peru has the largest number of protected natural areas in the world, covering 14 percent of the country’s territory also includes several areas declared by UNESCO as a Natural and Cultural Heritage of Humanity, as the Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu and Chavin. (más…)

El Choco to Adventure Travel

martes, diciembre 1st, 2009

Located in the northwest, the Choco is a department of Colombia, are the coasts of the Pacific and Atlantic, occupies a large Pacific plain is a land frozen in time. Its area covers over 46 square miles and maintains limits on the north by Panama and the Caribbean Sea on the east by the departments of Antioquia, Risaralda and Valle del Cauca, south is the Cauca Valley and the West is the Pacific Ocean. (más…)

Trips to Huancavelica – Peru

jueves, noviembre 19th, 2009

La Catedral por Richard Cotrina.

This beautiful colonial home town, capital of the region of the same name, a geography rugged yet beautiful mountain scenery, south of the central highlands, surrounded by desert plateaus, high mountains whose summit are adorned with snow, There are around beautiful lakes, the largest economic activity is mining. Characterizes his emphasis on the presence of valleys, deep gorges and towering mountains. (más…)

Tacna and its tourist attractions

domingo, noviembre 15th, 2009

Regional capital of the same name, this region is located in southwestern Peru’s border with Chile, its boundaries are: On the north by the region of Moquegua, on the south by Chile, on the east by the Republic of Bolivia and the Puno region and on the west by the Pacific Ocean, its territory covering an area of 16 075. 89 km2, Tacna city is capital of the province of the same name, is located at 562 meters, a modern city located in the fertile valley of Caplina, excellent temperate climate. (más…)

Fontana and his riflemen

miércoles, octubre 28th, 2009

Annually in the Travelin city organizes a procession recalls the feat that made the rifles of Fontana. These men in 1885 arrived in the valley; they called in Welsh language, CWN Hyfryd, then settled in this place.

Fontana riflemen
During the spring of 1885 in a place that today occupies the province of Chubut (Argentina) a group of 3 men who were led by Luis Jorge Fontana left the town of Rawson to the Andes with the aim of searching land to people. (más…)

Peru is a country of many contrasts millennium

martes, octubre 20th, 2009

Geographically, Peru is divided into three main regions. The first of these, the Coast, is a narrow strip of desert between the sea and the foothills of the Andes. Due to the influence of the Humboldt Current, coming from the Antarctic, and does not allow the formation of clouds by low temperature, the climate of the coast is rather cold and the lack of rain, mostly desert, crossed by small rivers, most of which only have water in the summer months and form small oases longitudinal. (más…)

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