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Nightlife from around the region.
Insights into day to day life in Latin Ameriaca.
 

Juggler in the Sand

In dunes of the Huacachina oasis on the desert coast of Peru, a handful of adrenaline junkies practice sandboarding, heedless of dizzying heights or resounding falls. [More]

 

Sensational Sky

I felt as if I was privy to what birds feel as they trace the sky with their wings, gliding untiringly, controlling everything that happens underneath their fragile bodies.[More]

 

Elder Brother

“Move the walking stick, take a step; move the stick, take another step,” I repeat to myself incessantly, because it’s the only way I can face this vast ocean of sand, wind and silence called Altar. [More]

 

Down Deep in Pumalin

After a comfortable night in rustic-style cabins, the morning song of the Chucao — a bird typical of the southern forests with a beautiful tri-note trill— woke us up with the reminder that we were in paradise. [More]

 

Tracking the Howler: Nicaragua´s Wild East

Dense jungle, wild animals, a lost city – this story has it all.  Head into the jungle of Nicaragua’s Mosquito Coast with Thomas Handy Loon and his guide, Coyote, of the Rama people.[More]

 

Holy Kayak! Chasing Jesuit Ghosts With a Paddle

The voyage by kayak, across the emerald waters and through the virgin forest of Todos los Santos Lake in Chile, 300 years after the crossing of the Jesuits on the same route. [More]

 

Alone in Argentina

Perito Moreno National Park, is nearly inaccessible; protected by the vastness of Patagonia, where the roads’ smallest stones are as large as a fist. [More]  

Exploring Peru´s House of the Deep

Cotahuasi is the deepest canyon in the world- riddled with paths that end up at lagoons, majestic mountains, and forests sculpted by the inspired blowing of the winds. 

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Venezuela´s Ancestral Paradise

At the mouth of the mighty Orinoco, members of the Warao tribe expertly navigate the serpentine river channels of their watery home. [More]

 

Highly Strung in Costa Rica

It only takes a split second to leave the security of the platform and head for the unknown, whizzing down the wire into the tropical rainforest canopy ahead. [More]

Scuba Cuba:
Getting Wet in the Land of the Mojito

Bienvenidos a Cuba, chicos. Land of colorful cabarets, chilled daiquiris, chromed old cars; and the rumba, mambo, salsa and chachacha. But best of all, world-class scuba diving! [More]

Antarctica: Bound for the Ends of the Earth

In its frozen vastness, the most accessible area of Antarctica is the peninsula that stretches close to the southern coasts of Argentina and Chile. [More]

Peru: In the Footsteps of the Inca

The road not taken (at least by the conquistadors) terminates at Peru's awe-inspiring ruins of Machu Pichu.  An Aventura photo essay. [More]

Panama Rafting: Riding Old Chiriqui

Panama's remote western frontier has some outstanding whitewater action that is all but undiscovered. You won't be sharing the river with anything but the wildlife. [More]

Diving Colombia's Treasure Islands

Legend has it that English pirate Henry Morgan's treasure is still hidden somewhere on the islands, but the real treasure is no harder to find than the reefs beneath

the waves. [More]

 

Blown Away in Costa Rica

Ceaseless wind, mild weather and gorgeous scenery makes Lago Arenal one of the best windsurfing destinations in the world. [More]

Holiday in Hell: Belize's Mayan Underworld

Chechem Ha cave is full of evidence of ancient sacrificial rites performed by the Maya.  Watch your step, though.  A fall here could be deadly. [More]

Guatemala's Hidden Highlands

If the awe-inspiring natural wonder of Semuc Champey is the pot of gold, then surely the back road from Huehuetenango to Lanquin is the rainbow. [More]

 

El Salvador's Incredible Uncrowded Surf

World-class waves around Puerto La Libertad call foreign surfers back time and time again. [More]

Exploring Chiapas

The spectacular ruins of Palenque, riding through the forest on horseback, and the colonial city of San Cristobal de Las Casas. [More]

Hanging out in Zihuatanejo

The snorkeling is outstanding in this laid-back seaside town in Guerrero state, Mexico. [More]

 

Cuatro Ciénegas Oasis: A View From Below

Underwater, in between swaying stalks of aquatic lilies, a little duck darts swiftly. Suddenly, it swims to the surface and off to the other side of the crystalline pool in a flash. [More]

 

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