Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Traveling grounding of spicy Chili

If you are looking to discover a world full of interesting opposites, Chile is the way forward. This spicy little sliver of land begins nestled next to hot and humid places of Peru and Bolivia and good all the way South to terminate a hop, skip and a jump of Antarctica. Otherwise, where you can cruise for a place in the middle of the driest desert and rotation around the world to see the snowy mountains on one side and the wild Ocean on the other?


Chile is a unique place that can offer so much to a traveller willing to dive headfirst to see what treasures can be déterré.There is much to see and do in Chile, planning is a great idea, you can do exactly what you want, when you adventurous voulez.Explorations swinging nightlife, the opportunities for fun and excitement are just at the end of your fingers.


Full of wild animals living deep in complete ancient forest with thick foliage and trees imposing, Chile is home to some fantastic national parks. Touring through these will show you a world which you never dreamed existed. Cascades lurk behind the curtains of green. Birds sing songs coloured to another.You can hike along the irregular the backbone of the Andes mountains or bike on the traces of wear .Ou may want you horseback ride? There are many ways to travel and meet the tropical goodness that contains Chile.


Any type of adventure that you are, you can do. Wild waves surfing. Mount an active volcano. Swimming in Sapphire waters.Run created rapides.Ou explode at the southern end of Chile to kayak around fjords carved by glacial ice thick sheets.Watch as huge pieces of deep blue ice crash into the ocean.Take the time to stay up at night and admire the stars with clarity, you are not in any city.


 

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Hiking inspiration-1 month - Peru, Bolivia and Chile

Intact natural beauty of the mighty Andean mountains, the majestic ruins of Machu Picchu Inca Trail and the Lake Titicaca Islands that are scarcely affected by the modern world. Street markets and Andean cultivation in Bolivia, sand-boarding houses in the Atacama desert and 4 x 4 drive in Bolivia salt flats. All this can be comfortably experienced in surrounding a month through this stunning corner of South America.


Here's a month hiking route suggested, starting and finishing in Peru and travel by bus to actualize.


Steal in the ancient capital of Inca Cusco, Peru.Cusco is a hot tourist with Machu Picchu at his door, where you can organize excursions in the Amazon rainforest, explore the history and culture Inca acclimatés becoming Andean altitude and see many Inca ruins, especially Inca city of Machu Picchu.Si you are hiking, day Inca Trail to Machu Picchu at sunrise sunshine finishing 4 is a must. In and around Cusco, there is a wide selection of museums, galleries, Andean villages and markets to explore.


Cusco, head on the shores of the great Lake Titicaca in Puno. If you book on a tour or simply turn to the wharf and get a boat is to you, but you don't want to miss a trip Islands remotely on Lake Titticaca.Floating reed Islands are card postcard-perfect and on the Isla Amantani, stay with a local family will give real insight into life in this part remote world where life has changed for centuries ago.


Next bus of Copacabana, on the shores of Lake Titicaca, Bolivie.Le nail this head is the trek to the coast in a small village where you can rent a small boat and the driver to take in all of the Isla Del Sol you agenda. The landscape is spectacular, and that night on Isla Del Sol can miss luxury comfort (supplies are carried by a mule and the water is at a premium), the island makes more room for in a spectacular scenery and walking opportunities.


Return to Puno and La Paz, a large city in Bolivia.One of the higher world, La Paz city is nestled in the mountains that provide a backdrop for stall wandering lined streets and explore the lively markets and museums.


La - Paz, head South and get a tour of 4 x 4 across the huge apartments at the Salar De Uyuni Salt.You will get to the Chilean border and San Pedro de Atacama, the centre of tourism in the desert of Atacama spectaculaire.Vous can go sand-boarding houses, mountain bike, ride horseback and hiking with San Pedro de Atacama as your base, but however you choose to see, the desert meeting should be on your list.


Then, head in the North of Chile coastal city of Iquique, a place of high desert plains abruptly meet the Pacific Ocean, creating spectacular cliffs and probably one of the top paragliding worldwide destinations.Fantastic climate, pet foods and travelling in comfort are all probably be appreciated in Chile after a few weeks in Peru and Bolivia.


Then, head north Arica and barely discovered jewel, the highlight of the North of Chile; Parc national Lauca.Une best way to explore this area is to rent a car in Arica to some jours.Rester in rural as Putre village and explore the spectacular Snowy volcanoes reflected in crystal clear lakes, flamingo spot natural landscapes, alpaca and vicuna, and Andean crafts buy villagers.


Continue North in Peru and head to Arequipa.This beautiful city has much to offer visitors, not least a trip in the Colca canyon to proximité.Depuis Cabanaconde village on RIM Canyon (about 100 miles of Arequipa), you can of the trek into the canyon in a few hours where you swim to the oasis (pure bliss) and stay in a hut by the hosts rivière.Vos (a local family - no need to book, in fact, it is probably not possible to reserve) a meal, light a fire, and provide you hosting of base.Le sense of tranquillity in such a remote location and the expansive natural environment mean a trip in the Colca canyon should be included on the route of each traveller.


Than the cost of flights and travel insurance travel independently as a modern, this trip is likely to cost approximately 1800 $-$_2500 per person.


 

Friday, October 29, 2010

Valley of Tarija

Club enjoys a lovely climate and is filled with festive, generous and hospitable people, has a tourism potential and long distance, divided in four regions with large differences in terrain, climate and ethnic. It is crossed by many rivers that originate from the Cordillera of the Andes and who are looking for the flat part of the Plata Basin. The backbone of Tarija River system, born in the Central Valley at the confluence of the people who are born and the Cordillera Sama fall at whose feet is the capital. In the Central Valley are settled four capitals of the six provinces that make up the Department, they all have their patron saint who is venerated as with religious festivals. A singular expression of this faith is the feast of San Roque or large party of Tarija. It is characterized by the procession in which peaux-rouges, faithful St. dance instructors accompany his effigy during that time, and every day that is repeated.

Environment City shows a number of places where you can spend the day enjoying the water in the rivers, surrounded by beautiful mountains, a kind of natural spas.On the road to the North, you come to San Lorenzo, capital of the province Méndez .it ' is that a small town of 3000 inhabitants today retains a colonial-defined property that represents the Chapel and the House of colonel Eustaquio Méndez, guerrilla and tireless fighter for independence.

Main festivals of San Lorenzo are Easter and August 10 of its patron saint. The first manifests itself in a collective evening around the fire of camp and hot drinks which lasts until dawn in a Merry outsourced farmer through the song, counterpoint and will be used to the pace Chapaco violin. The second makes a large living room where villagers regard as hosts, offering visitors and with traditional regional dishes.12 Miles from San Lorenzo in the West, you can see Jurita jets, called black and the blanc.Il exists two drops that fall on a rock mass. A little further is the Lajas Chapel.

t through the famous peak, situated rock in the middle of the river Guadalquivir. Road, the along a narrow ledge, winds in other natural spas as large tomato.

Close to the capital are: Tomatito, El Rincon Victoria, Erquis, Coimata in a series of pools naturelles.Découvrez region with similar characteristics are Guerrahuaico, San Andrés, Bellavista and pine. In the San Jacinto dam is a mirror of water of 700 hectares. This is an artificial reservoir which became an ideal place to practice sports, nautical and fishing to smelt and CARP. This is the place of the fair exhibition, where they do business and product displays local, national and international.

Heading south, 15 km, the road of breast is Uriondo, beautiful capital of the province vallunos Avilez.Personnes elderly who was sitting in a basin of sumptuous and in-depth, called locally as the Valley of La Concepción. It is vine crops growing location provides excellent quality and variety of these food establishments wine and cellars where fine wines are produced and Tarija singanis begins already to conquer foreign with wine or stem high, which won international awards names market. Valley straddles the pure waters of Rio Camacho, providing irrigation for fertile fields and natural spa serves as its residents.In the same way as the capital of the Valley of links can be seen Santa Ana, with large vineyards irrigated by the river of the same name, is therefore the Abra del ancon.A calm and peaceful life in this village is interrupted when the time of the celebration of its patron saint, Santiago.

On this date in mid-July, equestrian figure of the saint presentation seems to establish or symbolize love horses, which characterizes the inhabitants of the province and is expressed in races where riders boast their capacity.In this festival event and Vintage wine or grape wines are pouring good "boats" and hold it industrialized, high quality, with typical food varieties of good and Creole.In Morro Caisca, four miles from Uriondo, there is a cave on the top of a hill where you can see the cave walls and hauteur.Une provincial road that goes towards the Southwest, with links Chocloca Uriondo, Charaja, tips and Chaguar.Cette region is one where the sanctuary of the Virgin chaguar promesantes go to honour promises or ask the favors of the Virgin is located.

The statue of the Virgin in a large temple of Pierre, with many coureurs.a 15 km sanctuary is Padcaya, capital of the province Arce.Pour the Pan American Highway capital and 50 km People huddled at the foot of a mass of large rock, with its church carefully kept in front of a large plaza, surrounded by coral trees and the mud, houses with roofs in mosaïque.Les valleys of the North, West and South are linked in a vast majority of paved roads and easy access and also roads boasts paved and in excellent condition.


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Saturday, September 25, 2010

Puerto Suarez

Puerto Suarez

Puerto Suárez, with approximately 13,000 inhabitants (in the city proper), is one of the fastest growing cities and most recent Bolivia´s. Nommé for Miguel Suárez Arana, visionary of the 19th century who imagined a utopian in the middle of the Pantanal regulation, it was founded by him in 1875, for the purposes of establishing a presence on the border with Brazil and - of course - use adjacent Río Paraguay for trade. Utopian, it is not, but Suárez do still murder. For a time, was the main warehouse for goods Bolivian, but by the early 1900s, rubber prices (and the product manager region) were fallen considerably on the international market, and the city fell into a State of disuse.


It is the capital of the first section of the Busch Germain province. Puerto Suarez has an approximate population of 22,000. It was founded on the banks of the Laguna de Cáceres on November 10, 1875, by Don Miguel Suarez Arana, who created the site in a sphere and the docking station. This port increased bit by bit with the arrival of ships and goods brought by ships with flags of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.Subsequently the stream of boats has increased substantially following the discovery and the rubber boom boats Velasco.Les brought to Puerto Suarez different goods from overseas linked to Santa Cruz region and took rubber and rubber Bolachas.


When he ran the year 1905 first baptisms were recorded, by the Salesian priest, Fr Guido Becchi, which appears at irregular intervals in 1913, attended the sparse population spiritually Corumbá (Brazil). Earlier this year, Archbishop of Santa Cruz named as first parish priest, Reverend Eusebio Zabala, which remained at the head of the Catholic Christian community in 1931.


This year, the Austrian Franciscan brothers took the pastoral people cristiana.La economic life of Puerto Suarez has always been linked to trade and in time, it became an industrial hub, is currently President of different industries.He has a promising future linked to iron mounting and ecotourism Mutún Pantanal.


It is now in the spotlight again, as a plate hub of regional transport, link mains gas, free trade zone and magnet of eco - tourism .to be honest, it has come a long way from when it was affectionately called the "armpit world", but it is not exactly all eyes candy.Situé 391 miles (631 km) Santa Cruz, along the edge of the South Laguna Cáceres and almost at the end of railway in Brazil, is not the last stop, regardless of whether that claim some guides.(This honour belongs to Puerto Quijarro just 9.3 miles-15 km - on line.)Most people coming here make the journey by train, in which case these 391 miles seem more like 3,910 by the end of the trip.


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Friday, September 24, 2010

Roboré

Roboré

My trip to Bolivia

Roboré canton is located at the eastern end of the province of Chiquitos, 400 km from Santa Cruz to the Sierra.Ses municipal boundaries are to the North by the municipalities of San Matías and San José de Chiquitos, to the South by the municipality of Charagua, is the town of Puerto Suarez and West by the municipality of San José de Chiquitos.

The municipality of Roboré arises in the 20th century as an outpost military and consolidated later as a major railway hub.The city has a center of mission, community of Santiago de Chiquitos, reduced by the Jesuits founded 1754 year.

According to the 2001 census, the total population is 15 240 inhabitants Roboré.65% of the population lives in the City municipality and the remaining 35% live in rural areas.

Its population has increased due to the migration flows of various regions of the country and abroad (mainly Brazil) .the population is essentially originating Roboré region (Chiquitano and Ayoreode), but also include Quechua and Aymara immigrants.

Roboré has abundant water, rivers, creeks, permanent and seasonal resources, which are central to their tourisme.Malgré, water availability is not homogeneous in their geographic or temporal distribution, and in certain periods of the year there are water shortages in some areas of the municipality.

Roboré has different types of tourist resources such as leisure and entertainment, ethnic, cultural, ethnic, religious, scenic, environmental, Jesuit missionaries, recreation, ecological, florists and endemic species.


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Giant Otter

Giant Otter

The giant Otter is a carnivorous mammal in Latin America. He is a member of the Mustelidae, or weaselfamily, a globally successful group of longer predators. Unusually for a mustelid, the giant Otter is a social species, with family groups generally supported three to eight members. Groups are centered on a pair of reproduction of domination and are extremely consistent and cooperative. Although generally peaceful here is territorial and assault was observed between groups. The Otter, lymph node isdiurnal is exclusively active during daylight hours. It's the noisy Otter species and distinct vocalisations have been documented that indicate alarm, aggressiveness and comfort. Otter lymph node anywhere in America of North-Central ranges. The lymph node Otter lives mostly along the Amazon River and in the Pantanal.


Its distribution has been significantly reduced and is now broken. Decades of poaching for its fur fabric, culminated in the 1950s and 1960s, hugely reduced population figures. The case was put at risk in 1999 and population estimates are generally less than 5,000 in nature. The Guianas are the last bastion of true species. This is the most threatened in the néo-tropiques mammal.Loss and habitat degradation is the greatest current threat .the ' Giant Otter is also rare in captivity: 2003, only 60 animals were held.


The lymph node Otter shows a variety of adaptations tailored to an amphibious lifestyle, including the exceptionally dense fur webbed feet and a wing-like tail.Species prefers freshwater rivers and streams, water is generally seasonally flooded and can also be freshwater lakes and springs.He built up campsites near areas, clearing of large amounts of vegetation .the power ' Otter lymph node largely remains on a diet of fish, particularlycharacins and catfish and can also eat the crabes.Il has some serious natural predators other than humans, although it must compete with other species, including species néotropicale Otter and caiman, food resources.


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The Green lagoon

The Green Lagoon

The research was primarily on studying the discursive shift that occurred during the "water war" Bolivia in 1999 and 2000. Paper was unable to discuss in the wake of the successful resistance movement and various problems that the new organization of municipal water proven after he found Cochabamba water control.

Located at halfway between Cochabamba and Santa Cruz. At an altitude of 1 800 metres above seas.The territory is vast and includes three distinct regions: the upper zone, known as Siberia, the area of valleys, where the same extension of the lower box in the Amazonian lowlands communauté.Et.

Founded in 1615 as the name of Santa Maria of the Guardia and Mendoza, declared by Decree of the 1612 the Viceroyalty of the Pérou.À times 200 Spanish settled in the Valley.

Historian and lawyer Joel comarapeño Villegas Rojas, Comarapa name due to a combination of Quechua words: with - wara, meaning green field with flow years added the SYLLABLE pa, reaching Conwarapa fate and more Comarapa later, or green-camp, his characteristic cream.

History only goes Ñuflo Chavez in 1648, Comarapa, traversed by following the path Inca.Tanto Manuel Maria Caballero province, as its Comarapa capital, grand place, ideal for excursions.

Laguna Verde *.

or emerald waters.

or dense vegetation, offers a fresh and moist.

or located at the top of the mountain.

Traverse a landscape more back on Earth, dominated by the old volcanoes bizarre geological formations, salt lakes, lagoons coloured and prolonged Prairie House of flamingoes, wild vicuñas and the rare Rhea Lesser flora and fauna endemic to this part of the Cordillera of the visit Andes.La three days includes a visit to infinity Uyuni´s Salt Lake, the most important in the world, where you will have a short hike in the Isla Incahuasi, located in the centre of the Great Salt Lake and a location ideal for photos.


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