La Paz - Bolivia

The unbelievable landscapes on our way to La Paz, Bolivia, from Copacabana just on the other side of lake Titicaca.






A couple of spots of La Paz, the highest capital city in the world. Because of the altitude even breathing can be a problem.

Titicaca lake - Peru'

Here we are leaving from Puno, on the Titicaca lake, to two of the Peruvian side islands called Uros and Taquile.
The Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world at an altitude of almost 4000m.






The lovely people of Uros, the floating island in Puno Bay.



The two adventurous Italians trying on some hats in one of the handicrafts shops of the Taquile island.




Tipical arch of Isla Taquile, 45 km from Puno.

Cusco - Peru'

This is Cusco the capital of the Inca empire from the 11th to the 16th century. Today it is a lovely city with a mixture of modern and ancient culture.

Machu Picchu - Peru'

The above pictures witness our awesome trip to the very popular Machu Picchu.

From Puerto Maldonado to Cusco - Peru'

These lovely pictures show the exiting and never-ending trip from Puerto Maldonado to Cusco in Peru'.
It was supposed to be 18 hours but it ended up to last 36.

Brazil and the Amazon

Here we are crossing the Venezuelan and Brazilian boarder during a very hot afternoon.



Manaus - Brazil

This is a nice view of Manaus from the boat that was taking us to the Amazon forest where we spent three days in the jungle.
The experience in the forest was fantastic. The weather was very hot and humid. We really enjoyed the wild life and the amazing atmosphere of the Amazon.












The above pictures show some of the beautiful sceneries and animals we had the opportunity to see. Tarantulas, caymans, piranhas, batterflies, enormous ants, and many more creatures were the main attracion of the excursion.




Here we are with our guides. The one on the lefthand side was crazy enough to catch a tarantula and a cayman with his bare hands.




Our comfortable bedroom where we spent two lovely and very noisy nights (frogs and birds).

South America, Colombia and Venezuela - Comment

South America

Colombia

We landed in Colombia after one hour flight from Panama City.

The first impression of Cartagena was a very good one as the city is lovely with pretty streets and beautiful buildings. All in all the atmosphere did not seem as warm as the one that we found in Central America. We left after a couple of days heading along the coast to Santa Marta and later to a small village called Taganga. We treated ourselves with a delicious 2 hours dinner of fish.

Venezuela

We spent a day in Maracaibo and another one in Caracas. Both cities did seem without any character and identity. People were alright but not as friendly and warm as in Central America.

Tatanga, Santa Marta - Colombia

These pictures show how nice is Taganga with its little bay surrounded by
quite dry mountains.



Amazing sunset that we enjoyed from the beach of Taganga.



Taganga is a little village of fishermen.
The fish is sold in a variety of ways. This is one of them!!!

Cartagena - Colombia

Splendid view of Cartagena from the plane just before landing.



Beautiful local lady at the market selling fresh fish.



One of the many very nice spot of Cartagena.



Intimacy between Luca and the masterpiece "la gorda".








Spectacular views of Cartagena. It is really a beautiful city where in every corner
there is something worth it to be photographed.