south america
Between its wonderous mountain ranges, remote islands and the world's biggest rainforest, your first trip to South America likely won't be your last.
Living in Peru: The Top 4 Reasons To Live in Lima, Peru
Thinking about moving to Peru? Sometimes your life needs a little bit of change, and sometimes that change can be something major like moving to a different country. Moving to a different part of the world can be just the change your life needs right now: providing you with many new wonderful experiences, a new perspective on life, a new circle of friends and to immerse yourself in a brand new culture. And one place that has become very popular in recent years is beautiful Peru.
By TrendingModels5 years ago in Wander
The Land of Pleasures
A Little Green House Today, a journey back home requires a bus ride, two airplanes with a long layover and a final bus ride in the northern coast of South America. When I visit El Carmen de Bolivar I stay at my Grandma’s house, a green structure made of mud walls and zinc roof panels that exacerbate the heating effect of their average 95°F weather. In a great attempt of group effort, this house was built by the hands of my great grandparents, my grandparents, my uncles and my father. As the oldest of four siblings, my father was just eight years old when he and his brothers helped blend the mixture of mud and manure that would be used to shape the house, using their feet because their hands were too small. Since then, four generations of our family have considered the house as their home, mildly upgrading it over the years.
By Janeth Romero5 years ago in Wander
A Colombian Adventure
No amount of research can prepare you for that feeling of when you step out of the airport in a new country. When I arrive in Cartagena and start about my quest I can imagine people dressed in colorful outfits littering the streets, smiling, selling their wares, giving directions. I will immediately do the first thing I usually embark upon when entering a new country, eager to learn the culture and people; search for the local markets. Meet the locals, see what they make, their art, their food.
By Kelly Pantaleoni5 years ago in Wander
The Unheard World of South America
So how are your travel plans going for this year so far? I'm pretty sure I already know your answer without even thinking about it. Let's all face it, we all hate being at home right now and we would all do anything to hop on a flight tomorrow and escape to a place that's not...well home. I'm 90% confident that you wish you were on your holiday from two years ago whether that's in Spain, Italy, Turkey, the US, or even Mexico. Don't worry I feel your pain as well. This year I was planning to go to the Greek island of Zakynthos with two of my best friends. But clearly, that didn't happen, so we were planning on taking a trip there next year summer. However, I took a different approach to my travel destinations over the past three months. I've been watching plenty of travel documentaries and series that capture some of the world's most exquisite and remote regions that are unknown to most people. So I've been asking myself this question "Is there more to travel than swimming by the pool and drinking cocktails underneath a palm tree?".
By Bethany Gordon5 years ago in Wander
Dune Buggies in Brazil
A buggy ride through sand dunes sounds like fun , right? Even when "wall of death" and "vertical descent" is used to describe part of the journey, it can't be that bad, can it? After all, it´s only sand! That's what I thought as I climbed into the topless dune buggy and took off for the hills! Ah, freedom! Perched on the back of the seat, wind in my hair, flying down the beach to the tune of the waves. Even the downpour of rain couldn't quench our spirits! It did however put a damper (no pun intended) on the planned camel ride! Instead we made friends with the local lizards as they made themselves at home on my head !
By Cyndi Morley-Perez5 years ago in Wander
A Beautiful Bus Ride
The overgrown cactus and aloe-like plants whiz past the bus windows....the blue sky is almost entirely covered in heavy white clouds hanging close overhead....women haul water on their heads following the zig -zagging foot paths that wind their way up the dry brown mountain sides.... and R&B blares from the speakers above me. I'm in the Andes...the second highest range in the world, and mountains, some rolling and some rugged, spread out as far as I can see. Off in the distance, some are snow-capped volcanoes, rising as stately cones above the rest. The cliffs rising beside the road seem to be only crumbling sandstone in places, making it a sheer feat of luck that the bridges they build over deep ravines don't just slide off with the weight. The road cuts straight through the mountainside at times and makes me think a giant took an ax, split off a piece and moved it over so he could walk through instead of over it. This is a place of fantasy.
By Cyndi Morley-Perez5 years ago in Wander
Why you should visit Latin America
Latin America has always been my dream continent. The mysterious Maya, the amazing statue of Easter Island, the admired revolutionary fighter Che Guevara, always dreaming of returning to the road of Guevara, always hoping to explore the origin of the three major civilizations in America and to have a comparison, to explore the chance and necessity in the history of human civilization, and even more, eager to travel through the mountains and rivers of the seven continents.
By Golden Maple5 years ago in Wander
