A Country at the Crossroads of Europe, Asia and the Middle East Is Georgia (the country) situated in Europe, the Middle East or Asia?…
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Higher Bodies of Water Just over a year ago, on April 16, 2019, I visited the port city of Puno on the shores of…
In June of this year while visiting Iguazu Falls in Misiones Province in Northern Argentina, I decided to do a side-trip to a recommended…
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Two hundred kilometres north of Lima lies the recently discovered remnants of one of the most ancient centres of a civilisation yet to be…
Santiago Murals. January 2018. Photography by JJ Montagnier. © Copyright. All Rights Reserved. Gypsy Café. — Also see: SANTIAGO STREET ART
Visiting The Chilean Lake District – January 2018 Photography by JJ Montagnier [click to view slides] These photographs were taken in the Los Lagos…
Peru planning: I patched together an itinerary by working out a route which would connect the main places I was going to visit (Arequipa…
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Inca Design, Architecture and Technology Machu Picchu & Ollantaytambo Peru, South America While in Peru in January I found myself at two sites where…
Uros Floating Islands, Lake Titicaca, Peru Uros islands are floating reed islands found on Lake Titicaca, the largest fresh water lake in South America,…