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Includes: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecudor & the Galapagos, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, The Guianas
The most exciting continent on Earth. Best of the festivals. Swimming with sea lions and walking with dinosaurs. Get off the beaten track. Cities of gold and mountains of silver. Where to eat, drink and sleep. Evolution, revolution and visitors from outer space. The pick of heart-stopping adventure activities. Full-colour maps. Man-eating fish, blood-sucking bats and smooth-talking dolphins ...
Footprint Handbooks
In the 1990's the well respected and long established Trade and Travel Handbooks underwent a make-over and became Footprint Handbooks. For the better part of this century, The Trade and Travel Handbook to the South Americas (now South American Handbook; in 1999 it was published in its 75th edition) has been the bible for independent travellers to that continent. The new books have hard-wearing paperback covers and the paper used for the pages is "biblepaper", which makes the books compact. An interesting feature is that their continent Handbooks are published anually, which in some cases can make them the most up-to-date guides available. The main selling point of the Footprint Handbooks is the sheer volume of information within their overs; there is no subjective selection of places to eat and sleep, just straight lists of places according to budget. Also, no towns or villages are left out due to the philosphy that no matter how obscure or dull a place might be is also provides above average information on the politics, history and economics of a country or region. The series has lately expanded and there is now about 50 titles available.
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