This is a quickie blog post because I’m busy editing some great stories and reviews that are going to go up shortly on Luxury Latin America. Here’s a heads up on what will be posted in the next week and a half:

- Excursions in, under, and around Iguazu Falls in Argentina and Brazil

- A rundown of all the golf courses in Costa Rica

- A Peruvian jungle trip on the best ship plying the Amazon there

- Visits to Chilean wineries that are easy trips from Santiago

- A review of the best hotel on Cozumel in Mexico

Check back soon!

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The popularity of different sections of Luxury Latin America will ebb and flow with the seasons and with which destinations are getting media coverage—good and bad. When we started, Mexico had no trouble ruling the roost, but it has declined a bit in the past year with all the negative cable news attention on the border zone problems. Argentina was riding high for a while, but has ebbed since the hefty new entry fee was introduced earlier this year and the political situation has become more bizarre. Specific hotels spike for a month when they get featured in a glossy magazine, then drop again when the new flavor comes along next issue.

Here are the most popular sections and articles for the past 30 days, then specific hotels getting the most hits.

Most popular pages on Luxury Latin America:

Luxury hotels in Belize
Luxury hotels in Panama
Luxury Tour Reviews
Real estate in Cuenca, Ecuador
Luxury hotels in Argentina
Cruising the Galapagos Islands
Luxury hotels in Los Cabos
Real estate in Boquete, Panama
Arriving at Machu Picchu in Style
Luxury hotels in Costa Rica

Most popular hotels and resorts on Luxury Latin America:

Hotel Garzon – Uruguay
Azul Resort – Belize
Cayo Espanto – Belize
Banyan Tree Mayakoba – Mexico
Bristol Buenaventura – Panama
Turtle Inn – Belize
Capella Pedregal Los Cabos – Mexico
Cavas Wine Lodge – Argentina
Barefoot Cay – Honduras
Morgan’s Rock – Nicaragua

Last week I posted our latest feature to the Luxury Latin America Tours section of the site: Cruising the Galapagos Islands with Angermeyer. Many of our feature stories are done by writers who work with us, but on this one I had the pleasure of taking the trip myself, spending a few days in Quito and the surroundings and about 10 days in the Galapagos.

As anyone who has been there will tell you, it’s an amazing experience. I’m used to wildlife trips where I am looking at birds through binoculars or seeing hippos and lions from the safety of a Land Rover vehicle. On the Galapagos Islands it’s a different story though. You can get up close and personal with these critters and they don’t attack or fear attacks from us.

The most difficult task in writing a story like this is picking out which photos to use. The ones that are up are only a fraction of the good ones available. If you want to see the whole array of highlights, including Blue-footed Boobies, sea lions, penguins, and more, see the slideshow below.