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Updated on 7 July 2006 with better pictures

Pictures taken in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1977 and 1983

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Let us start with the Pacific Coast.
Lago de Atitlán
Bogotá, Santa Fe		 Bogota
Bogotá, Colombia		 Bogota
Restaurant in Bogotá		 Lima
Lima, Perú		 Lima
Peruvian boy
Costa Rica
Costa Rica		 Lago de Atitlán
Lake Atitlán		 Airplane to Tikal

Near Tikal, Guatemala

 Antigua
Tikal, Guatemala		 Antigua
Antigua, Guatemala

And now we climb up the Andes.

The plane lands in La Paz airport, the capital of Bolivia, at almost 4000 m altitude.
The air is so thin and transparent.
I brought my luggage to the hotel room, went for a walk through the city, came back, fell on the bed at 5 pm and slept 13 hours non-stop... Just not used to the lack of oxygen...

La Paz
The capital		 Bolivian girls

Bolivian girls

 Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca

 Altiplano

The Altiplano

 Bolivia
A military review
Lake Titicaca

A local sailboat

 Island Zurigo

Reed boats

Island Zurigo

Island of Zurigo

The final leg of your trip is the Caribbean Sea. Friendly, beautiful and relaxing.

Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

 Kingston
Kingston, Jamaica		 Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

 Saint Vincent
Saint Vincent		 Grenadines

The Grenadines
Trinidad

Trinidad
© François de Dardel : all the pictures are copyrighted (i.e. my intellectual property). If you want to use any of them (including on your web site), contact me. I can supply files of a better definition. Copyright François de Dardel
The music you are listening to if you have clicked on the small icon at the top of this page is a "Scherzino Mexicano" from the Mexican guitarist and composer Manuel Ponce.
For more music, see my music page.