Passport to Latin America (2007)
Passport to Latin America is a television show on the Travel Channel hosted by television host Samantha Brown and includes tours of Latin America. A successor to Brown's Passport to Europe series, in Passport to Latin America she tours cities of Latin America such as Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, and Buenos Aires and interacts with the town's locals. She also visits local landmarks, including popular restaurants and shopping locales, and educates viewers on events in the city's history.
Passport to Latin America: Season 1 - 19 Episode s
1x1 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
June 8, 2007
Samantha visits the beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Included: bikini shopping; sightseeing; samba dancing.
1x2 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
June 8, 2007
Sam goes to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and learns to tango, eats a steak and goes shopping.
1x3 - Santiago, Chile
June 13, 2007
Samantha travels to Chile, where she tours Santiago and zooms through the Andes on a zipline.
1x4 - Montevideo, Uruguay
June 13, 2007
Samantha Brown travels to Montevideo, Uruguay, where she checks the coastal town of Punta del Este, visits outdoor markets and rides with gauchos. Also: a ritual drum celebration.
1x5 - Sao Paulo, Brazil
June 20, 2007
Samantha visits Honduras, in Central America, and checks out tunnels beneath a Mayan temple; hikes through a tropical rain forest; and dances barefoot on the beach.
1x6 - Honduras
June 20, 2007
Samantha travels to Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, where she has a bologna sandwich at the city market, hovers in a helicopter over skyscrapers and buys fashion accessories.
1x7 - Belize
June 27, 2007
Samantha heads to Belize, where she samples local dishes, including cow-foot soup; floats down a river; and swims in the Caribbean accompanied by sharks.
1x8 - Quito, Equador
June 27, 2007
Sam travels to Cusco, Peru, where she visits amazing archaeological ruins, including Machu Picchu. As part of her adventure in Cusco she spends the night in a 16th-century monastery and explores the neighborhood of San Blas, and Pisac, a small town outsid
1x9 - Cusco, Peru
July 11, 2007
Samantha travels to the mysterious mountaintop city of Machu Picchu, Peru.
1x10 - Punta Arenas, Chile
July 4, 2007
Sam hits the southern tip of South America, Punta Arenas, Chile, where she meets the indigenous people, flies over Cape Horn, samples cooked beaver and hangs out with penguins.
1x11 - Central Valley, Costa Rica
July 18, 2007
Samantha tries traditional tamale from the women of Granada.
1x12 - Quito, Ecuador
July 11, 2007
Samantha visits Quito, Ecuador, at 9000 feet above sea level, where her breath is taken away, literally.
1x13 - Zihuatanejo & Ixtapa, Mexico
August 1, 2007
Samantha explores the valleys and mountains of Costa Rica's Central Valley.
1x14 - Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa, Mexico
August 1, 2007
Samantha Brown vacations on the Pacific coast of Mexico in the beachside towns of Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa.
1x15 - Mexico City, Mexico
August 15, 2007
Eco-adventures are really hot, and the province of Guanacaste in Northwest Costa Rica is a thrill-seekers paradise. Here in Costa Rica she finds life is not only pure but it's incredibly friendly, beautiful and full of thrills.
1x16 - Mexico City, Mexico
August 15, 2007
Samantha visits Mexico City and goes ringside for the action of Lucha Libre (a wrestling match); and later joins the locals for a traditional Sunday cruise.
1x17 - Panama City, Panama
August 19, 2007
Samantha cruises through one of the world's greatest engineering marvels - the Panama Canal - and uncovers that there's a lot to discover of a country when you are doing more than just passing through.
1x18 - Coastal Chile
August 26, 2007
Samantha Brown visits coastal Chile and checks out the beaches, lunches on clams and Parmesan cheese, hangs with cowboys and explores the nightlife.
1x20 - Best of Latin America
September 12, 2007
Samantha shares her favorite moments during her adventures in Latin America.