South America Travel

Greater than a Tourist: Manaus Amazonas Brazil, by Jarvin Quijano, offers the inside scoop on Manaus. 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.

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...

Explore eventos ao redor do mundo que não apenas entretêm, mas também fortalecem identidades nacionais, religiosas e comunitárias. Cada capítulo oferece um mergulho nas origens, evoluções e particularidades de cada festa, ilustrando como a alegria, a reverência e a celebração atravessam fronteiras, unindo a humanidade em um espetáculo global de cores, sabores e tradições.

Die Geschichte einer abenteuerlichen Reise kreuz und quer über den südamerikanischen Kontinent. In einem 4x4-Van, den wir unbesehen online gekauft und in Buenos Aires übernommen haben. Der Plan? Es gab keinen. Die Sümpfe im Norden Argentiniens, baden im Atlantik und Pazifik, die Atacama Wüste in Chile, die Pinguine auf der Peninsula Valdes und das Ende der Welt in Tierre del Fuego, Feuerland. Das alles haben wir gemacht und noch viel mehr erlebt. Zwar klappte nicht alles und manchmal auch das Auto zusammen, aber es wurde eine unvergessliche Reise mit Sehnsuchtspotenzial.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you. Eat Like a Local: South Carolina by author Kelly Dawn Jurgensen offers the inside scoop on food in South Carolina. It is heavy on country cooking.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you. Eat Like a Local: Rio, by author Sofia Junqueira, offers the inside scoop on food in Rio de Janeiro. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want an edible experience? Would you like some culinary guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Eat Like a Local book is for you. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate.

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.

What is it that makes New York so unique? Which 10 landmarks should be on every tourist’s list of sights to see? What is the history of the city’s subway and of the Statue of Liberty, which has greeted generations of people seeking a new life? Narrator Charles King answers all of this and more as he talks us through 101 Amazing Facts About New York. So whether you’re thinking of visiting the Big Apple or you’re more of an armchair tourist, this is the perfect audiobook for you!

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local author, it is never too late to visit Antigua. Greater than a Tourist - Antigua and Lake Atitlán, Guatemala by Dita Žáková offers the inside scoop on the charming old colonial city and one of the most beautiful lakes around the world. 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 audiobook will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

There are lots of different places to visit in the world! Have you ever been on an island? What would it be like to live on one? Take a trip to tropical Cuba and learn about the history and culture of this Caribbean country.

A journey through the unique land of the Maya and Aztecs. Accompanied by a speaker, begin your journey in Mexico City. The vibrant metropolis with numerous monuments, such as the Templo Mayor, is the starting point of the 7-day trip. Mexico City, Xochimilco, Acapulco, Palenque, Agua Azul, Uxmal, Merida, Chichén Itzá, Tulum, Cancun, Chapala, Tonala, Tequilla and Copper Canyon.

Laura Pariani è andata per la prima volta a 15 anni in Argentina e in Patagonia, in un viaggio folgorante alla ricerca di un nonno che si era trasferito là. Su questo palinsesto i ritorni si sono accumulati come fonte inesauribile di scoperte di sé e della vita. Nella sua Patagonia il paesaggio del Fin del Mundo è segnato dalle ferite immedicabili dello sterminio indio. C'è uno spaesante contrasto tra la "discrezione dei manufatti umani", spesso definiti "arrugginiti", e la "densa vitalità" della natura.

This is an extensive diary of my time in Costa Rica from January to May 2001, sandwiched between two more recent reflective entries. I recommend listening to this if you are interested in exploring Costa Rica, in what Monteverde, Costa Rica, was like in this particular time period before much of the modern development, or if you are interested in hearing a firsthand account of a young woman with bipolar disorder in between severe swings and culture shock.

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.

Mientras arremolinas tu Malbec argentino rojo violáceo en tu copa y disfrutás de su aroma profundo, sabor afrutado y textura suave en tu paladar, sería fácil pensar que todo siempre ha estado bien en el mundo. Un éxito entre la crítica, un goleador en las calificaciones de la competencia internacional, la uva de exportación de vino líder del quinto productor de vino más grande del mundo y una fiesta anual dedicada el 17 de abril, el Malbec tiene calidad de estrella. Pero su presencia refinada y resplandeciente en tu copa bien podría no haberlo sido nunca.

Costa Rica ist ein faszinierendes Land in Zentralamerika, umgeben von Nicaragua und Panama, ein Natur-Paradies zwischen zwei Ozeanen. Faszinierende Natur, Lebensfreude und koloniale Geschichte auf der Insel und der Landbrücke zwischen Nord- und Südamerika. Costa Rica ist sicher eines der schönsten Länder der Welt.

“I didn't want to put it down after I got into the thick of the action!” - 5-star review A faraway land. A famous soccer player. And a missing necklace. No ordinary piece of jewelry, this rhodochrosite had belonged to his birth mother, a woman he has never met. She had disappeared during the Argentine dirty war of the nineteen-seventies. This superstar really wants it back, and he refuses to play soccer again until someone finds it. It’s shaping up to be a national tragedy. Until the arrival of... AINSLEY WALKER Fresh off her amethyst adventure, she plunges into the brash heart of ...

Are you dreaming of taking a family vacation to a place you've never been to before? You and your whole family are invited to join us on a tour to experience, learn, feel, and imagine what life in countries around the world is like. In this audiobook, Santiago and Alejandra take us on an exciting adventure around the unique South American country of Ecuador. Are you ready to take a walk through icy volcanic glaciers and visit tropical white sand beaches all in the same small country?