South America is known for the high altitude nations of Peru and Boliva with their great tourist destiantions of Machu Picchu and Salar de Uyani along with the goregous low lying golden sand beaches of Copacobana Brazil and the naturalist’s mecca of the Galapagos islands. PabloeEscobar barely gets a mention these days as the northern countries have recovered and blossoned from their bad press of the 70s