South America Travel Stories

Feb 7, 2011 • 3 min read

I’m no objectum sexual, a person with 'pronounced emotional and often romantic desire towards particular inanimate objects', like newlywed Erika Eiffel…

Jan 30, 2011 • 3 min read

How's this for a space oddity? Forty years have passed since the historic Apollo moon landing, and yet the prospect of space tourism remains as distant as…

Jan 27, 2011 • 3 min read

Altitude and geography play a prominent role in Ecuadorian cooking, with cooks in the Andean highlands preparing quite different dishes from their…

Jan 10, 2011 • 2 min read

Buenos Aires likes to regard itself as an Italo-Spanish city washed up on South American shores, and here the legend of immigrant gauchos taming empty…

Dec 10, 2010 • 7 min read

Punctuate this year with meaningful experiences. Choose from options that girdle the globe - from cricket bats and birthday parties to sobering memorials…

Dec 7, 2010 • 4 min read

What? You don't know where you're going yet? Well, consider this: travel is bouncing back, but so are prices. USA Today reports that the average domestic…

Dec 2, 2010 • 4 min read

Planet Earth, BBC's award-winning documentary brought together some of the most stunning nature footage from over 200 locations in 62 countries. The…

Nov 23, 2010 • 5 min read

Foods hot enough to repel elephants and make chefs wear gas masks? That's right. If you think you've got the guts for it, grab a spoon and tuck into these…

Nov 16, 2010 • 3 min read

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Nov 1, 2010 • 6 min read

Toss aside your preconceptions, and come with us on a tour of the greatest comeback cities in the world, with this excerpt from Lonely Planet's Best in…

Oct 28, 2010 • 3 min read

This Pacific archipelago, 1000km adrift of the Ecuadorian mainland, has been called many things: evolution in action, a living museum, a 'little world…

Oct 25, 2010 • 3 min read

Ecuador has far more than its fair share of geothermal unrest. But it's the wealth of volcanoes – on both the mainland and out in the offshore Galápagos…

Sep 1, 2010 • 6 min read

Some days at sunset, the whole of Buenos Aires seems to be moving to the rhythm of a tango soundtrack – old gents deal cards in corner bars while Carlos…

Aug 11, 2010 • 4 min read

Eating can be the best part of travelling. To get you inspired, here are some of the world's most mouth-watering iconic national dishes

Aug 10, 2010 • 6 min read

Want it modified, enhanced, drilled out, implanted or just plain alleviated? In this excerpt from Lonely Planet’s 1000 Ultimate Experiences, we show that…

Aug 9, 2010 • 3 min read

So much of travel is about coming face to face with history - literally, in some cases. Introducing six folks who've been preserved - through accident or…

Jun 15, 2010 • 6 min read

In this excerpt from Lonely Planet's 1000 Ultimate Experiences, we take you to the big-city districts you might not have heard of yet, but they're the…

Mar 12, 2010 • 4 min read

It's a tough life but someone's gotta do it: flitting between exotic destinations, schmoozing in glam casinos and disposing of baddies without a backwards…

Jan 28, 2010 • 4 min read

Part of travel is coming up against local foods that might raise your eyebrows. Here we take a global trip to those 'wha?!' plates, but remember, as…

Jan 5, 2010 • 6 min read

We've all read a book or watched a movie and wished the places it transported us to were real.  Some of the most enduring destinations are fictional. Well…

Dec 16, 2009 • 2 min read

Widely acknowledged as one of the world's premier classical violinists, Joshua Bell is a Grammy-winning artist with a penchant for bringing art into our…

Oct 29, 2009 • 3 min read

With Halloween and Day of the Dead fast approaching, it's only natural that our thoughts turn to subjects spooky and supernatural. Kids running around in…