Monday 10 November 2008

South American Landscapes

I really wanted to include some photographs of the landscapes i have encountered so far on this trip. After arriving to the lush mountainous landscape of Southern Brazil (not unlike Scotland in parts) to the vast flat planes of North- Eastern Argentina, to the staggering peaks of the Andes- i have just been astounded by the beauty and diversity of this continent..... and i´m not even part way through yet!!


Above: Landscape of Rio and South.... lush and mountainous

Above: The flat planes of Argentina where guacho culture is still alive and kicking

Above: The vineyards of Mendoza with spectacular backdrop of the Andes



Above: The journey from Mendoza to Santiago de Chile took us through the Andes

Above: And then to the lonely unforgiving planes of the Atacama Desert

2 comments:

alex said...

Jo...i found 2 hammers, a pack of nails, a saw and some pliers on the roof of the shed. They were all rusty...

I like the bikes..big handlebars

X

Anonymous said...

You're educating us all! I only learnt what 'adobe' actually meant after you used it to describe the buildings in m...gosh was it Bolivia?.. anyway i'm not the only one because Mum didn't know either!
Fonz..... it means in the context of what Jo was saying 'natural clay/sand'
Miss you wee sis xxx
Elsa following your trip on her new light up globe!