The Chiva Bus and the typical food cart are probably the most common things that you are going to see in Colombia.  I don’t think that you won’t see anything more common unless you are out in the countrysides and you begin to see the coffee and banana plantations.  Built Ford tough is what they say right?  What was funny about this was that the lady that was cooking in that cart setup her thriving food empire right behind our car.  She found a piece of plastic to protect  her from the rain and voilah! Food in a cart.

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Welcome to the Santa Rosa thermal springs!  I plan on sharing more pictures of the waterfall in the background which is one of the most beautiful waterfalls I have ever seen (including Niagara, Iguazu, Victoria, and Kaieteur Falls in Guyana).  Santa Rosa de Cabal is a small town just north of Pereira, Colombia in the middle of the coffee region.  You can see the man made thermal pools that use the thermal energy on the top right of the picture.  We actually had to come back the next day before we headed to Salento in order to take pictures.  The lighting was a bit harsh but as you can see above we got the job done!

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This salt flat at the Atacama Desert in Chile is found just an hour outside of San Pedro de Atacama.  One of the things that I always like to do is rent a car and start driving to see what I find, I was even able to drive in Chile across the Alto Plano in the Andes Mountains.  For those of you that don’t know the Alto Plano is the massive flat part on top of the Andes Mountains.  Chile is known for being the most efficient country in South America, the nickname Switzerland of South America isn’t just about the mountains, and one funny situation was how all the roads were paved until you got to the small towns.  The roads then turned into a dust filled mess.  Message to Chile, pave those roads!  It was a great experience none the less.

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The Andes Mountains from 20,000 feet, I still remember this flight like it was yesterday due to a huge amount of turbulence for one part of the flight.  The Andes Mountains create a tunnel of air and when the airplanes hit that tunnel of air you have a rough jolt to your system.  Make sure you don’t make the mistake that I did, having a nice warm cup of coffee that was just served seconds before the roller coaster 5 second jolt.  The flight is usually between Argentina & Chile and sometimes it doesn’t always happen but be prepared!

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The Penguins in Argentina amazed me every single time that I saw them, they are so cute and interesting at the same time.  I was able to interact with a group of penguins and get inches with the feisty chin strap penguins (click here to read post).  This specific picture was taken at Cuverville Island which has one of the largest Gentoo penguin colonies in the world.  When in Antarctica, I was even able to see penguin chicks being fed by their mother.  Incredible experience and would definitely recommend it to anyone!

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