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I spent 6½ months here in 2008/2009 on 3 seperate trips and plan future South American travels!
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I was not initially planning more than 1 trip to South America, however, after my first time there for 2 months I came home feeling that although I had had a fantastic time, I had not even touched the surface of possibilities that
could be experienced. After 2 and half months back home, I decided to go again and explore and have more adventures, this time after nearly 3 months there I came home feeling satisfied and well spent. I hadn't thought
about writing about my travels on a website at this stage.
Home again for 6 months and I was itching for more South America. For my 3rd trip I adopted a completely new approach on how I would travel there, I had learnt a lot and wasted a lot of time on my first 2 trips, this time I wanted to cover as much ground as possible and see much more. It was my 3rd trip when I started to really enjoy the long-haul bus journeys, which I hadn't previously and I took many more photos, by now I was planning to write about my experiences! I have been in 9 of the 13 countries to varying degrees and for varying times, some countries several times and some for a short time, I want to see more of these countries and would also like to see the 4 countries I haven't been to, The Patagonia is also on the list. I have travelled the 'Gringo' trails but also to many places off the beaten track, I have been the only foreinger in town on a few occasions. This is a warts and all account of my travels in South America so far, I cannot speak Spanish but have learnt some while I travelled, communicating with locals is not always easy, sometimes impossible without doing hand signals and visual actions, I suspect many travelers to South America have a similar experience lingo-wise. Before my next trip I will get some proper Spanish lessons, especially because I love it there so much! My most well trodden paths respectively are Peru and Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile and Uruguay. There are 2000 photos on this site! |
| Festivals and Holidays in South America during March | |||||
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| Country | Month | Date | When | Festival / Holiday | Location |
| Argentina | February/March | End of February to early March for over 1 week | Buenos Aires Tango Festival | Buenos Aires | |
| Argentina | February/March | Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia (Celebration of Wine) | Mendoza | ||
| Brazil | February/March | The two weeks before Ash Wednesday | Carnival in Pernambuco | Recife and Olinda | |
| Uruguay | February/March | Carnaval and Las Llamadas | Montevideo, National | ||
| Argentina | March | Lasts for 9 days | Tilcara Carnival Festival | Tilcara | |
| Argentina | March | Early in March | Festival del Vinador (Wine Festival) | La Rioja | |
| Bolivia | March | Second Sunday in March | Pujllay | Tarabuco | |
| Colombia | March | The Cartagena International Film Festival | Cartagena | ||
| Paraguay | March | Semana Santa (Holy Week) | National | ||
| Uruguay | March | Second week of March | La Fiesta Patria Gaucha (The Festival of the Gaucho Culture) | Tacuarembo | |
| Paraguay | March | 1 | Cerro Cora | National | |
| Peru | March | 7 - 17 | Grape Harvest Festival | Ica | |
| Chile | March/April | Semana Santa (Holy Week), Palm Sunday (Domingo de Ramos) | National | ||
| Chile | March/April | First Sunday after Easter | Fiesta de Cuasimodo or Correr a Cristo (Run to Christ) | Santiago, National | |
| Colombia | March/April | Ibero-American Theater Festival | Bogota, every 2 years | ||
| Peru | March/April | Mid-March to early April | Semana Santa | National, Ayacucho |
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