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Box: Was Butch Cassidy really killed in Bolivia?
Jun 11, 2009 - San Vicente, Bolivia
San Vicente, Bolivia: November 6, 1908 Everyone who has seen the movie knows that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ......
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Shopping in Óbidos
Sep 21, 2007 - Óbidos, Portugal
If you’re shopping, be sure to try a complementary sip of Óbidos’ famous, locally made cherry wine. It’s very good, ......
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Top Ten Latin Americans Who Couldn't Keep Still-Even After They Died!
Oct 17, 2006 -
Pancho Villa: Gunned down on July 20, 1923, Villa was buried at the local cemetery in Hidalgo del Parral. He ......
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Getting Around in Latin America
Oct 17, 2006 -
Looking for adventure, and possibly some great stories? Road-tripping across Latin America could provide some of your most lasting memories—from ......
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Witches' Market
Oct 06, 2006 - Bolivia
Time to make out your shopping list. Let’s see … a dozen eggs, some milk, you’re low on toilet paper, ......
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The Petrified Forest of Puyango
Oct 05, 2006 - Ecuador
With a thunderous roar that shook the ground for miles, the top of the volcano exploded, sending tons of slushy ......
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Snorkeling in the Galápagos
Feb 21, 2006 - Ecuador
A black eel with bright green stripes slithers blithely along the sandy bottom, weaving in and out of small rocks ......
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Todos Santos
Feb 21, 2006 - Guatemala
The Spanish conquest swept across two continents and countless islands, leaving death, destruction and disease in its wake. By the ......
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Hacienda Pinsaqui
Feb 21, 2006 - Ecuador
December, 1863: Colombia and Ecuador have been at war for two long years. Ecuador has lost two pivotal battles: the ......
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Otavalo Market
Feb 12, 2006 - Ecuador
You pick up the sweater with an appraising eye. It might be the right size, it might be a little ......
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Perito Moreno Glacier
Feb 09, 2006 - Argentina
Once every few years, the water pressure in the Brazo Rico sector of Lake Argentino becomes too intense for the ......
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The Grave of William Walker
Feb 06, 2006 - Honduras
William Walker was handed over by British forces to the Honduran army to be shot. The Hondurans wanted him dead ......
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Tikal
Jan 02, 2006 - Guatemala
Tikal, the mightiest of the Maya cities, had languished in decadence for a century and a half. No new great ......
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Panajachel
Jan 02, 2006 - Guatemala
The hand-lettered sign was poorly copied and pasted to a light post. It read simply “Free Quetzal.” I understood the ......
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Antigua
Jan 02, 2006 - Guatemala
Guatemala, 1541. The two Mayan kingdoms, the K’iche and the Kakchikel, have been defeated by Spanish forces fighting under Pedro ......
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Copán Ruins
Jan 02, 2006 - Honduras
The 15th great warrior-king of the Mayan city-state of Copán, Smoke Shell, had brought his people back from despair. Seventeen ......
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Roatán
Jan 02, 2006 - Honduras
Outnumbered, outgunned and surrounded, Captain Henry Morgan naturally did what any gentleman pirate would do. He offered his opponent a ......
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Salvador da Bahia
Jan 02, 2006 - Brazil
The rich culture of Salvador is heavily indebted to its legacy as the port of arrival for many African slaves. ......
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Lake Crossing into Chile
Dec 30, 2005 - Argentina
The Araucanians, a proud South American tribe also known as the Mapuche, knew there was a pass through the rugged ......
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Punta Arenas
Dec 30, 2005 - Chile
Punta Arenas is easy to locate: it’s at the end of the world. One of the southernmost cities in the ......
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Ica Desert
Dec 29, 2005 - Peru
Carcharodon Megalodon ate whales. A member of the shark family, this monster of the sea had a bad attitude and ......
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Cusco
Dec 29, 2005 - Peru
Illiterate, ill-tempered, cruel and ruthless, Francisco Pizarro was considered one mean SOB even by the other Spanish conquistadores that he ......
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Nasca Lines
Dec 29, 2005 - Peru
Four hundred and forty kilometers (275 miles) south of the Peruvian capital of Lima, an inhospitable desert is home to ......
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Machu Picchu
Dec 29, 2005 - Peru
"Above all, there is the fascination of finding here and there under swaying vines, or perched on top of a ......
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Palenque
Dec 29, 2005 - Mexico
On the top of a massive stone temple in a lost city near southern Mexico’s densest rainforest, there is a ......
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The Ruins of Monte Albán
Dec 29, 2005 - Mexico
The ball game is intense. The players, dressed in padded clothes for protection, dash up and down the court, skillfully ......
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Oaxaca
Dec 29, 2005 - Mexico
The people of Oaxaca believe that there is magic in their Zócalo, or central plaza. They have fervently believed this ......
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Hacienda San Agustín
Dec 29, 2005 - Ecuador
The sun had been setting a little earlier every night. The inhabitants of the majestic Andes began to worry, as ......
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Saquisilí Market
Dec 29, 2005 - Ecuador
I suppose it’s a little like an Ecuadorian Wal-Mart. I mean, you can get everything you need there. Food. Clothes. ......
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