Globe Trekker: Central America
from Pilot Productions
The stretch of land separating North and South America is a diverse assembly of countries and cultures. While hundreds of ruined cities throughout the jungles of Central and Meso-America reveal the secrets of the ancient Maya, the ruins in Nicaragua reveal more recent atrocities. Through this contrast shines some of the most naturally beautiful landscapes in the world. Traveler Justine Shapiro starts her journey in Merida, Mexico, the capital of the Yucatan Peninsula, where she takes in the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza and Tulum. She then travels south through Belize to Guatemala. Further south Neil Gibson begins his journey in the Costa Rican capital of San Jose traveling through the Monteverde Cloud Forest before ending in turbulent Nicaragua. Along the way... · Dance the night away in a Merengue club · Witness a bull fiesta in Liberia · Visit a cigar factory in Granada · Swim with dolphins at the idyllic beach resort of Placencia · Rejoice in the Easter celebrations in Antigua - hailed as the most spectacular in Latin America
Cruise Scenic South America
from Questar
Some of the world's most popular vacation destinations beckon! Visit more than 12 ports of call, including Arica, Buenos Aires. Coquimbo, Montevideo, Port Stanley, Puerto Chacabuco, Puerto Madryn, Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago and Valparasio and Ushuaia. A bonus segment spotlights the region's top ten attractions
The Best Virgin Islands Beaches / WAVES: Virtual Vacations
by Greg Voevodsky
from Powerfloe Network
TRY the BEST SELLING - AWARD WINNING - Relaxation / Nature DVD Video Series and see why WAVES won the popular Telly Award, Videography Award & ''Best of Show" Aurora Award! Discover why doctors and therapists use and recommend Waves for soothing stress relief. "Along pristine coasts, under sunset skies, you will find a peaceful place and the solitude for which we all hunger."
GETAWAY. RELAX. RENEW! Instantly alter your environment and mood by experiencing the awe-inspiring beauty and healing power of spectacular seascapes. Listen to all natural sounds of lapping waves, sea birds, and swaying palms (without distracting music or narration). Natural images and sounds so vivid - you can almost feel the warm waves lapping at your toes! Virtually sitting there, the long stationary shots will wash your stress away. Experience over 30 soothing beach scenes and colorful sunsets.
Enjoy the Best Beaches from the Virgin Islands with crisper digital images and stereo sound. Discover pristine, exotic, and unusual beaches from St. John to the British Virgin Islands of Tortola and Virgin Gorda. Experience the remote beaches of Smuggler's Cove with a diving pelicans to the world famous "The Baths." Quick transitions with less graphics increase the natural flow between the island segments of these newly improved Waves DVDs.
Share with friends and family the perfect gift. Collect the Award Winning WAVES video series. Start your virtual vacation with the original "Hawaiian Dreams" (Vol.1) or continue with the newest releases "The Best Caribbean Beaches" (Vol.7), "The Best Bahamas Beaches (Vol.8), "Caribbean Daydreams with 6 loopable scenes"(Vol.10), or "The Best Florida Beaches" (Vol 11). ATTENTION: Doctors, Counselors, & Therapists: Non-profit Public Screening are permitted in hospitals, waiting rooms, retirement homes, etc., to comfort and relax patients with no additional license costs.
Planet Earth - South America
from DVD International
Travel the World by Train: South America
from Geneon [Pioneer]
"Awesome" is the only word to describe the vistas in the South America volume of the Travel the World by Train series. When the train departs from Quito, Ecuador, passengers are permitted to sit atop it, on the roof! (No virtual reality for these thrill seekers.) The conductor warns riders to duck under low bridges as intrepid food vendors make their way along the tops of the swaying cars. We ascend into the Andes Mountains, overwhelmed by the sheer immensity of the natural world.
The tourist excursion from Cuzco, Peru, is cushy by comparison. The views from the train windows may be just as spectacular as those on the Ecuadorian route: 9,800-foot mountains, raging rivers. But here, comely train attendants serve passengers coca tea for altitude sickness. The ride terminates at mind-blowing Machu Picchu, the mysterious lost city of the Incas. Another Peruvian trip provides rare aerial panoramas of the baffling line drawings of Nazca: hundreds of colossal, two-dimensional figures of monkeys, condors, and lizards etched into the desert hillsides centuries ago. The sight of 3,200-square-mile Lake Titicaca, at 12,500 feet the highest navigable lake in the world, is equally stunning.
A wood-powered steam train shoos cattle off the tracks in sleepy, agricultural Paraguay. Journeys through Brazil, Chile, and Argentina (including rugged Patagonia) complete this fascinating train tour of South America; all in all, it's a splendid initiation into the myriad beauties of this vast and varied continent. --Laura Mirsky
Travel five continents in a 55 country rail trip in this ten part series. On this journey, we travel through Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile and finally Argentina.
Travel the World by Train: Central America
by Jirí Sequens
from Geneon [Pioneer]
Superb cinematography showcases stunning vistas in otherwise inaccessible areas of Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Cuba, and Jamaica in the Central America/Caribbean volume of the Travel the World by Train series. The video also opens a window onto the diverse peoples and cultures one meets along the routes.
The footage in Mexico is most impressive. Embarking from the beach colony of Los Mochis on the Gulf of California, the Chihuahua al Pacifico Railroad climbs the arid Western Sierra Madre Mountains. Viewers accompany thrill-seeking tourists on a wild and wooly ride, ascending 10,000-foot peaks and traversing truly treacherous-looking bridges. Vultures soar in the wind, as though waiting for a snack of fallen passengers. The train stops in a village where smiling mountain tribespeople sell handmade baskets. Next, it passes through breathtaking Copper Canyon--four times bigger than the Grand Canyon. The Mexico City-Yucatan Peninsula route stops at the towering ancient Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza. This journey is indeed atmospheric: the sticky air clings to the skin; monkeys jump from tree to tree in the jungle outside.
The trip from Guatemala City on the Pacific Ocean to Puerto Barrios on the Atlantic is a market route: antiquated trains on rickety tracks transport adventurous tourists amid Guatemalan families toting livestock. Little separates passengers from the elements: rain sprinkles into the train through glassless windows; the only source of illumination is the conductor's flashlight. Further intoxicating "South of the Border" adventures await viewers of the excursions through Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Cuba. --Laura Mirsky
Travel five continents in a 55 country rail trip in this ten part series. On this journey, we travel through the countries of Central America. Mexico through the Yucatan Peninsula, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, and the Gulf of California.
Hispanic Culture-The Sights and Sounds of Central America
by Ed Dubrowsky
from Video Knowledge, Inc.
The land bridge between North and South America is more than a physical connection between two continents. Since the beginning of time, it has served as a filter for people, plants and animals. It is a region of unique cultures and natural elements. Plants and animals survive there as in no other place, as well as distinct cultures of people, past and present. This program explores the unique sights and sounds of the region and introduces both the people as well as the unique environment of Central America.
Brazil: Heart of South America DVD
Hispanic Culture- The Sights and Sounds of South America
by Ed Dubrowsky
from Video Knowledge, Inc.
The Hispanic nations of the South American continent have a unique flavor. The beautiful sights of the colonial capitals together with the sounds of Spanish and Indian voices and music, fill the eye and ear as no other region on earth. These sights and sounds are captured in this program.
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