South America Travel

A faraway land. A valuable amethyst. And the auction of a lifetime. Amateur gemstone detective Ainsley Walker accepts an offer from an elderly art dealer to travel to the country of Uruguay—the forgotten jewel of South America—to buy a priceless treasure. But it’s not that easy. It’s never that easy. Things go wrong, and Ainsley’s plans are flipped upside down. Soon she’s carried on a fast-paced runaway adventure— —from the historic streets of Montevideo to the muddy roads of remote villages— —from rural beef ranches to elite beach resorts— Along the way, Ainsley finds...

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Puerto Vallarta. Greater than a Tourist: Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, by author Lucia Julieta Palomera Leyva, offers first-hand and personal insight into the best ways to visit the friendliest city in the world, Puerto Vallarta. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit the ABC Islands. Greater Than a Tourist—Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao (The ABC Islands) by Author Myriah Ellison provides a personal perspective unveiling the unique local treasures of the islands, and the best ways to experience this corner of The Dutch Caribbean. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist.

Greater Than a Tourist - Buenos Aires, Argentina by Arnoldo Rodriguez offers the inside scoop on Buenos Aires. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Culture Smart! Peru introduces you to the changing realities of modern Peru. It describes contemporary values and attitudes, key customs and traditions, and reveals what people are like at home, in business, and in their social lives. Peruvians are outgoing, sociable, and laid-back; get to know them, and they will respond with warmth and generosity.

For many people, Brazil conjures up images of football, Carnaval, and fine coffee, but it's much more than beaches and bossa nova. If we had to choose one word to describe the country, it would probably be diversity. The variety of lifestyles, ethnic groups, landscapes, and climates Brazil encompasses is quite simply enormous. This guide provides you with a comprehensive introduction to everything you need to know.

This handy travel guide, centered on San Pedro and Ambergris Caye, will ensure you arrive with the confidence of a local, having a clear direction of where to go and what to explore.

Belize has always been somewhat of an anomaly in Central America. Belize is the only English-speaking country in Central America. The lack of a language barrier makes Belize easy for North Americans to adapt, live in, and do business successfully. Belize was originally a British colony, has no history of internal strife or war, is rarely affected by hurricanes, and offers a warm tropical climate.

Change the quality of your travels to Spain and South America with this amazing phrasebook. As an educator for more than 20 years, I'm a fan of teaching others. And there is no greater challenge than to learn a language and to use that tool when traveling abroad! I created this Spanish phrasebook as a way to increase your enjoyment when traveling to such amazing places as Spain, Argentina, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Peru.

The How Do I Move to Belize? book provides information on Belize's demographics, social issues, housing, healthcare, cultural differences, and even how to bring your pet with you when you move.

After spending years rejecting the system, her loose goal is to find her way to a simple lifestyle abroad where she can live indefinitely. When she buys a little piece of paradise with her husband-to-be in a sleepy Panamanian village, she is shocked to discover that “living the dream” is not at all what she had imagined it to be.

The astounding true story of a young woman’s courage and persistence despite threats, extortion and her own kidnapping, to save lives during Guatemala’s brutal civil war and postwar, to establish a thriving help organization fueling the rural Maya’s struggle for self-reliance. If you’ve ever despaired at the state of the world or doubted the power we each have to profoundly change lives for the better, you must listen to the story of how Leslie Baer Dinkel and a handful of like-minded friends changed the course of tens of thousands of lives in Guatemala.

Winchester, Virginia, is an emblematic American town. As the US economy and American culture have transformed in recent decades, the ground under centuries-old social codes has shifted, throwing old folkways into chaos. Homeplace teases apart the tangle of class, race, and family origin that still defines the town and illuminates questions that now dominate our national conversation - about how we move into the future without pretending our past doesn't exist, about what we salvage, and what we leave behind.

In this brilliantly focused and haunting portrait of the people, the politics, the land and the poetry of Nicaragua, Salman Rushdie brings to the forefront the palpable human facts of a country in the midst of revolution. Rushdie went to Nicaragua in 1986. What he discovered was overwhelming: a land of difficult, often beautiful contradictions, of strange heroes and warrior-poets. Rushdie came to know an enormous range of people, from the foreign minister, a priest, to the midwife who kept a pet cow in her living room.

The matter-of-fact descriptive title of this interesting little volume on railroading in the pre-Civil War South does not do justice to Alvarez's coverage of the subject. Along with his full account of trains and train accommodations, he manages to encompass a number of social, political, and even ideological subjects.

From stunning views atop the Great Smoky Mountains to the depths of the largest known cave system in the world, the national parks of the Southern states have something for everyone. From swamp lands in South Carolina to the tallest mountain peak east of the Mississippi in North Carolina, the Southern US offers some wonderful national treasures with something for everyone.

Discovеr colonial citiеs, anciеnt ruins, and vibrant markеts, whilе immеrsing yoursеlf in thе warm hospitality of Ecuadorian communitiеs. Advеnturе bеckons with thrilling hikеs, scеnic train ridеs, and a culinary еxploration of local flavors. Whеthеr you'rе a naturе еnthusiast, history buff, thrill-sееkеr, or culinary connoissеur, Ecuador awaits you.

Enclavada en la región norte de Sudamérica, Guyana es un país heredero de las tribus indígenas arawak, de cuya lengua proviene su nombre: Tierra de agua. Rodeado de un clima tropical y dotado de una amplia planicie costera y una región selvática rica en recursos minerales, el territorio guyanés posee diversos fenómenos geográficos tales como antiguos cordones montañosos, una abundante red hidrográfica y extensos bosques, que se han salvado de la tala indiscriminada de árboles.

L’immensità è un concetto familiare per chi nasce in Amazzonia, dove lo spazio sembra non avere confini. Un’inesauribile varietà di ambienti, la più alta concentrazione di forme di vita sul pianeta, corsi d’acqua così vasti da non scorgerne la sponda opposta. Emanuela Evangelista, biologa e attivista, vive da oltre dieci anni nel cuore della foresta amazzonica e precisamente nel villaggio di Xixuaú, una manciata di palafitte ignorate dalle mappe ufficiali, come la maggioranza degli insediamenti umani situati nelle zone più remote.

Maria Leitner, sozialkritische Journalistin reist 1925 nach dem Kontinent Amerika. Sie taucht ein in die Welt der kleinen Leute, arbeitet in über 80 Stellen und bereist als Frau alleine die Strafkolonien. Sie schlägt sich in New York City durch, u.a. als Zigarrendreherin, schafft es nach Venezuela, versucht einen Polizisten zu überreden, sie über Nacht einzusperren, interviewt Diamantensucher und berichtet von grausamen Lynchmorden.