South American Handbook

Introduction - a foot in the door. Part 1 Essentials: planning your trip; before you travel; getting there; touching down; where to stay; getting around; keeping in touch; food and drink; shopping; responsible tourism; health. Part 2 Argentina: essentials; Buenos Aires; south of Buenos Aires; Cordoba and the Central Sierras; the northwest; the west; the northeast; the lake district; Patagonia; Tierra del Fuego; background. Part 3 Bolivia: essentials; La Paz; Lake Titicaca; the Yungas; Oruru and routes to Chile and Argentina; Potosi, Sucre and the southern highlands; the Cochabamba basin; the northern lowlands; eastern Bolivia; background. Part 4 Brazil: essentials; Rio de Janeiro; Sao Paolo; Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo; Parana; Santa Catarina; Rio Grande do Stil; Bahia; the northeast; northern Brazil; southern Amazonia; centre west; Mato Grosso; background. Part 5 Chile: essentials; Santiago and the heartland; north of Santiago; north of La Serena; the far north; south of Santiago; the lake district; south of Puerto Montt; Chilean Patagonia; Tierra del Fuego; the Chilean Pacific Islands; background. Part 6 Colombia: essentials; Bogota; Bogota to Cucuta; the north coast islands; San Andres and Providencia; up the Rio Magdalena; Antioquia and Choco; La Zona Cafetera and Cauca Valley; Popayan, Tierradentro and San Agustin; southern Colombia; the Llanos and Leticia; background. Part 7 Ecuador: essentials; Quito; north of Quito; the central Sierra; the southern Sierra; Guayaquil and south to Peru; Pacific lowlands; the Oriente; Galapagos Islands; background. Part 8 Paraguay: essentials; Asuncion; east from Asuncion; south from Asuncion; north from Asuncion; the Chaco; background. Part 9 Peru: essentials; Lima; Huaraz and the Cordillera Blanca; northern Peru; the south coast; sourthern Peru - Arequipa and Lake Titicaca; Cusco and the Sacred Valley; the central highlands; Amazon Basin; background. Part 10 Uruguay: essentials; Montevideo; east from Montevideo; Montevideo north to Brazil; west from Montevideo; background. Part 11 Venezuela: essentials; Caracas; Caribbean coast - west; the Andes - Sierra Nevada de Merida; Caribbean coast - east; the Llanos; Guayana and the Orinoco; background. Part 12 The Guianas: Guyana; Suriname; Guyane. Part 13 The Falkland Islands: Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas; Antarctica. Part 14 Footnotes.