South American Handbook

How to use this handbook. Part 1 Introduction and hints: air travel to and within Latin America; documentation and security; accommodation etiquette and language;internal surface transport; general advice. Part 2 Health information. Part 3 Argentina: introduction; Buenos Aires and the Pampas; the Cordoba region; Santiago del Estero, Tucuman, Salta, Jujuy; the Cuyo region - over the Andes to Chile; north of Mendoza; the Chaco; Mesopotamia; up the Rio Uruguay; up the Rio Parana;the Iguazu Falls; the Lake District; Patagonia; Tierra del Fuego; information for visitors. Part 3 Bolivia: introduction; La Paz; Lake Titicaca and the Peruvian frontier; south from La Paz; the Yungas; the Northern Lowlands; Eastern Bolivia; information for visitors. Part 4 Brazil: introduction; Brasilia: the state of Rio de Janeiro; Espirito Santo; Minas Gerais ; the state of Sao Paulo; Southern Brazil; Bahia ; the north east; Northern Brazil; Southern Amazonia; the centre-west; information for visitors. Part 5 Chile: introduction; desert north; Copiapo to Illapel; Santiago and Heartland; south through the central valley; the Lake District; Archipelagic Chile Chilean Patagonia; the Chilean Pacific islands; information for visitors. Part 6 Colombia: introduction; Bogota ; Bogota to Cucuta; Llanos and Leticia; the north coast and islands; up the Magdalena River; the Central Cordillera - Medellin and Manizales; the Cauca Valley; Southern Colombia; information for visitors. Part 7 Ecuador: introduction: Quito; north of Quito; Pacific Lowlands; Guayaquil; southern lowlands; Guayaquil to Quito; Southern Sierra; Oriente; the Galapagos; information for visitors. Part 8 Paraguay: Asuncion; north from Asuncion; east from Asuncion; Southern Paraguay; the Paraguayan Chaco ; information for visitors. Part 9 Peru: introduction; Lima; north-west from Lima; the Northern Oases; south-east from Lima; Arequipa-Puno-Cuzco-Machu-Picchu ; the south-eastern jungle; inland from Lima; Cerro de Pasco to Iquitos; the Inca Road; information for visitors. Part 10 Uruguay: introduction; Montevideo ; east from Montevideo; Montevideo NE to Brazil; Montevideo N to Brazil; west from Montevideo; up the Rio Uruguay; information for visitors. Part 11 Venezuela: introduction; Caracas; west from Caracas; the lowlands of Maracaibo; the Sierra Nevada de Merida; the Llanos of the Orinoco; east from Caracas; Isla de Margarita; the Guayana Highlands; south to Brazil; information for visitors. Part 12 The Guianas: Guyana; Suriname; Guyane. Climatic tables. Standard time zones. Conversion charts. Economic indicators.