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Spring Newsletter April 2014
Welcome to our spring round-up of Latin America news and staff travel. In this issue: Office news | Last Frontiers' Top Three: Short cruises | Sue in Central America | Claire in Uruguay Office news Welcome back to Sue, who after breaking her leg badly (skiing, sadly not down a devilish black slop... Read more»
Claire in Uruguay
In late November I jumped at the chance to escape the cold for a week in South America’s second-smallest nation, Uruguay. In the shadows of neighbouring giants Argentina and Brazil, Uruguay’s more subtle charms are often overlooked but are nonetheless plentiful. I arrived just as the country was wak... Read more»
Sue explores El Salvador and Nicaragua
When the opportunity arose to visit two little-visited countries in Central America, El Salvador and Nicaragua, I jumped at it and returned full of enthusiasm and positive feedback. El Salvador is tiny (about the size of Wales) but with plenty of variety - ancient archaeological ruins, mountains, ra... Read more»
Easter Island - Mysteries of a Lost World
The first of two programmes is being aired on BBC4 30th January 2014 at 2100. Dr Jago Cooper, archaeologist and curator of the Americas at the British Museum explores the various theories which surround Easter Island and the Rapa Nui culture including those of Thor Hayerdahl and his famous Kon-Tiki... Read more»
The BBC's Wild Brazil
Wonderfully shot BBC trilogy of Brazil's lesser visited regions including the vast, freshwater wetlands of the Pantanal to the south east and the sunning tepui rock formations of the Serra da Capivara National Park to the north east. The series follows the daily antics of otters, jaguars, coatis and... Read more»
Winter Newsletter January 2014
As promised here is our occasional Latin America news round-up and staff travel reports. In this issue: Office news | Last Frontiers' Top Three: Rooms with a view | Jonny in Chile | Oli in Costa Rica | Claire in Ecuador and Galapagos | Last Frontiers in the press Office news Lizzy starts maternit... Read more»
Uruguay - A slice of Montevideo
Early last year we sent Chris Leadbeater to Uruguay and on 4 January his article on Montevideo, the country’s bustling capital came out, with suggestions for a tour of the city and mentioning a 10 day itinerary with Last Frontiers. Our suggested 10 day trip includes time in Montevideo, Punta Del Est... Read more»
Claire in Ecuador and the Galapagos
In September I spent almost three weeks exploring the Ecuadorean mainland and Galapagos islands. Having spent a few months in Quito on my pre-university gap year back in 2005, I was interested to see the changes (of which there were plenty), visit old haunts and discover the new. Despite the same br... Read more»
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