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| About 60 miles upstream from Manaus lies the world's largest river archipelago. There are hundreds of islands, covered in thick vegetation, with a myriad of small creeks all formed by the ever-chan... |
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| Belem, located some 90 miles from the open sea and slightly south of the equator, is the great port of the Amazon. The city was founded by the Portuguese in 1616 as the City of Our Lady of Bethlehe... |
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| The Grenadines comprise a string of 100 tiny, rocky islands and cays, which are scattered between St. Vincent and Grenada. Bequia, called "the island of the clouds" by the Carib Indians, is the lar... |
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| Located between Santarém and Manaus, Boca de Valeria is the entrance to the Valeria Channel (boca meaning mouth). The channel leads to Lake Valeria, which marks the border between the States of Am... |
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| The most easterly of the Caribbean Islands, Barbados stands as a welcoming sentinel at the gateway to the West Indies. The island has for centuries been the first landfall for any sailors venturing... |
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| Dubbed the 'Queen of the Rio de la Plata' by Argentine author Carlos Romero, Buenos Aires is Argentina's cosmopolitan capital and to Portenos synonymous with Argentina. Easily the most European of ... |
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