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Sand castle on the Copacabana beach.

Foggy road in the Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro.

Edel at the top of the Sugar Loaf mountain.

Edel in front of the Iguazu Falls, Argentina.

Edel in front of the Iguazu Falls, Argentina.

Iguazu Falls, Argentina.



Iguazu Falls, Argentina.



Toto happily fed.



The cloud forest of the Amboro National Park.

Sunset over the Amboro National Park, Bolivia.

Samaipata street.

Protests and road blocks adding an extra 13 hours to an already 12 hour long bus journey..

Colonial buildings and contemporary electrical wiring on a street in Sucre.

Potosi street.

Cactus silhouettes in the Bolivia desert.

Strange desert landscape outside Tupiza.

Church in a small lama herding settlement we passed through.

Kids in a small lama herding settlement in south east Bolivia.





Cute little lamas.

Dead truck at a place they used to take up salt by a dried up lake in the desert.

Patched and travel-weary feet soaking in a hotspring.



Strange desert landscape.

Strange desert landscape.

Perfect mirror.





It's not that active - only a slim line of smoke.

We were here in the wet season so the salt flats had 10-30cm water over most of Salar de Uyuni.

The water didn't stop our mighty driver Cubenar from driving out to the island in the middle of the salt lake.

A little cave at the top of the Isla Pescado island.

Train cemetery near Uyuni, Bolivia.

Train cemetery near Uyuni, Bolivia.

The "worlds most dangerous road" - From La Paz to Coroico.

To bless the car get tons of flowers and alcohol all over it and then light some fire crackers underneath!

Lake Titicaca.


Peru

The Sacsayhuaman Inca ruins close to Cusco, Peru.

View down over Machu Picchu from the end of the Inca trail.

Machu Picchu, Peru.

Mikael and a Lama eyeing each other up in the Machu Picchu ruins, Peru.

Lama at Machu Picchu, Peru.

River by Aguas Calientes - a village by the foot of the Machu Picchu mountain.

At the Pilpintuwasian animal orphanage / butterfly farm close to Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazon.
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Rosita the baby anteater.

Sunset over the Amazon river in the Cocama village.

Edel relaxing in the Cocama village.

Mikael and Edel by a big Amazon tree.

Cusco night.

Edel in Arequipa.

On the way down the canyon.

Three condors.

View on the way back from Colca to Arequipa.

View over the Cotahuasi canyon.

View over Cotahuasi canyon.

Edel at Cotahuasi.

After the guy in the fancy suit it was time for the local boys.

Coastal landscape near Pisco, Peru.



The Llanganuco lakes from a distance.









View over the Cordillera Blanca from the foot of the Pastoruri glacier.

Edel ice climbing on the Pastoruri glacier.



The strange Puya Raymondi plants.

The Chan Chan adobe temple ruins by Trujillo on the Peruvian coast.



Lamas in front of the Cotapaxi volcano.

The Quilotoa crater lake. (composite image)

Foggy cloud forest in the Bellavista reserve, near Quito, Ecuador.

Foggy cloud forest in the Bellavista reserve, near Quito, Ecuador.



Flower in the Bellavista cloud forest reserve.

Foggy cloud forest in the Bellavista reserve, near Quito, Ecuador.

Finds on the beach..

Blue footed boobies.

Impressing the lady.



Misty forest in the Machalilla national park, Ecuador.



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