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BBC Lost Kingdoms of Central America
Follow Dr Jago Cooper, curator of the Americas section in the British museum, on his travels through Central America with the BBC's new four-part series. In this first episode Jago goes in search of the ancient Olmec civilisation in Southern Mexico. The Olmec, said to have inspired the Mayans, a... Read more»
New Lares Adventure
Mountain Lodges of Peru have created a brand new five day flexible walking itinerary, based on the classic Lares Trek in the Urubamba Valley, in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. The trek can be adapted to suit your fitness level and can be extended to include extra hikes or more leisurely days if req... Read more»
Jonny in Costa Rica
Having been lucky enough to visit much of Central America, Costa Rica was one country whose passport stamp had still eluded me. Thankfully in May I was able to rectify this, spending two weeks visiting some of the country's highlights and lesser known areas - and finding some new discoveries for Las... Read more»
Ed on the Carretera Austral - driving Chile's southern highway
My first introduction to the Carretera Austral was in 1998, when I led a group of photographers down a section of the road from Chaitén to Coyhaique. I had to wait 16 years to drive the remaining sections of the highway - but it was worth the wait! The Carretera Austral, Chile’s iconic highway linki... Read more»
Is Google dumbing down our world? - a filter bubble too far
In early 2014 I was in Chile, driving its stunning Carretera Austral, the 1,240km highway first conceived under Augusto Pinochet’s presidency and now uniting remote settlements with its thin ribbon of gravel and occasional asphalt. Whilst on a particularly adventurous full day excursion to the San R... Read more»
Sue explores El Salvador and Nicaragua
When the opportunity arose to visit two little-visited countries in Central America, El Salvador and Nicaragua, I jumped at it and returned full of enthusiasm and positive feedback. El Salvador is tiny (about the size of Wales) but with plenty of variety - ancient archaeological ruins, mountains, ra... Read more»
Easter Island - Mysteries of a Lost World
The first of two programmes is being aired on BBC4 30th January 2014 at 2100. Dr Jago Cooper, archaeologist and curator of the Americas at the British Museum explores the various theories which surround Easter Island and the Rapa Nui culture including those of Thor Hayerdahl and his famous Kon-Tiki... Read more»
The BBC's Wild Brazil
Wonderfully shot BBC trilogy of Brazil's lesser visited regions including the vast, freshwater wetlands of the Pantanal to the south east and the sunning tepui rock formations of the Serra da Capivara National Park to the north east. The series follows the daily antics of otters, jaguars, coatis and... Read more»