Es Machu Picchu. This is the sacred city of the Incas. From far below in the valley of the Urubamba River, it is invisible. An American, Hiram Bingham, discovered this World Heritage Site (Sitio del Patrimonio Mundial).
La vicuña es este animal simpático de los Andes. Estamos en el Perú.
Listen to his enchanting music from high in the Andes.
Indios en la Valle de los Incas en vestidos típicos (typical dress).
Gauchos work on the Pampas, endless flatlands which lie east of the Andes Mountains.
This broad avenue is the Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City’s main street. It combines the hustle and bustle of New York with the beauty of Paris.
El Fútbol es el deporte número uno en México.
Don’t miss the Ballet Folklórico de México.
Mexico’s varied folkdances are a part of every celebration. Mexicans love a fiesta.
In 1519 the Spanish conquistador, Hernán Cortés, led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire. He left Hispaniola with 500 men, 13 horses and a small number of cannon.
Remains of impressive pre-Columbian temples are found throughout Mexico and Central America.
Do these children have Aztec ancestors?
Diego Rivera saw beauty in the Mexican people and was fascinated with his country’s pre-Columbian past, the Aztecs and the Mayas…and of course the temples of Teotihuacan outside of Mexico City.
Rivera’s art did much to create a Mexican art no longer dominated by Europe.
One very popular American teacher visiting Xochicalco Middle School in Cuernavaca
These middle school students are future teachers, doctors and business leaders. ¿No es verdad?
¡Cancun is one good reason to study Spanish!
El Yucatán, México. La vida es espléndida. I really want to learn to scuba dive!
Wildlife is protected in The Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador.
With a beak like that can you fly Sr. Toucan?
It takes more than one hombre to hold this anaconda, native of Venezuela. Do you want to help?
Cuba vive en Miami…la música, la cultura… y el espíritu cubano! Cuban music is vibrant and creative!
Here is the Castillo de Segovia. It is one of many. There is a province in Spain called Castilla… the land of castles.
Columbus crossed this roman bridge in Salamanca before his crucial audience with Queen Isabella in which he was granted monies for his expedition across the little-charted Atlantic.
Mariachis are playing favorite songs for this young señorita. It is a very special moment. Our troubled neighbor to the south has so much to offer us. We are lucky indeed. Tacos and burritos, soccer and passion, and this …alma. ¡Viva México!
Manchego cheese is made exclusively in Don Quixote’s land! La Mancha is a fertile elevated plateau in central Spain.
Tossa is a picturesque village on the Spanish Costa Brava, a gorgeous strip of coastline that stretches from Blanes north to the French border.
Let's learn to windsurf.
La Costa Brava… ¡sin palabras!
Es Valencia de hoy. No hay el Castillo del Cid de antes, sino una universidad moderna y un acuario como en Atlanta.
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Es Machu Picchu. This is the sacred city of the Incas. From far below in the valley of the Urubamba River, it is invisible. An American, Hiram Bingham, discovered this World Heritage Site (Sitio del Patrimonio Mundial).
