Welcome to a forum covering the Western Hemisphere (outside the Caribbean, which has its own forum - a huge, diverse region of two dozen countries and territories speaking various languages and offering an astonishing variety of culture, environments,  and experiences, from tropical paradises to snowy, lofty peaks, sophisticated cities to quaint colonial towns, and mysterious archaeological sites to gracious wine countries.

So bienvenidos/bem-vindos/bienvenus/welcome to Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, NicaraguaPanama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, the United StatesUruguay, and Venezuela!


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An introduction to Suriname, and 6 spots not to miss

UNESCO An anomaly in South America, the continent´s only country where Dutch is spoken, and it’s also one of the continent’s smallest and least visited—roughly the size of the U.S. state of Georgia and a bit more than England and Wales put together — with a population of 630,000. Most Surinamese live along the Atlantic Ocean coast, especially in the capital Paramaribo, and the interior consists of vast Amazonian rainforest, sparsely populated and even roadless in many areas. The region was…

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Can tourism in Venezuela bounce back? If it does, here are 9 of its top destinations to visit

Touristically speaking, South America´s sixth largest country should be a star, thanks to its considerable offerings in ecotourism, adventure, beaches, and culture. Instead, it ranks below not just neighbors like Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and especially Brazil, but even the likes of Paraguay. But even before the fateful rise of Hugo Chávez and his “Bolivarian”/Chavista movement to power in 1999, tourism to Venezuela was almost an afterthough – fairly marginal in an economy which relied…

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Impressions of Panama City and the Canal

grandriver; all other photos Keith Kellett   We were up at silly o'clock for this trip, but we caught the 62-year-old Bridge of the Americas (top) at sunrise, and that's quite a sight. It is said that you never get a second chance to make a first impression. That might be true for dates, job interviews and the like, but it doesn’t necessarily apply to places. We’ve visited a number of cities we weren’t too impressed with at first sight, but grew to like. Panama City struck us as a warren of…

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Caral, Peru: the Americas' Oldest Archaeological Site

  arturobouillard.blogspot.com   When it comes to the pre-Columbian past of Peru, most of us automatically and understandably think of the Incas. But there were many other cultures and civilizations in these lands, some of them much older than the Incas. Several of these elder civilizations originate in what is now desert regions up and down the country's coast north and south of its present-day capital, Lima. One example you've heard about is the Nazca people, because of their now famous…

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