Passport to Latin America - Season 1

Samantha visits the beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Included: bikini shopping; sightseeing; samba dancing.

Sam goes to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and learns to tango, eats a steak and goes shopping.

Samantha travels to Chile, where she tours Santiago and zooms through the Andes on a zipline.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Samantha travels to the mysterious mountaintop city of Machu Picchu, Peru.

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.

Samantha tries traditional tamale from the women of Granada.

Samantha visits Quito, Ecuador, at 9000 feet above sea level, where her breath is taken away, literally.

Samantha explores the valleys and mountains of Costa Rica's Central Valley.

Samantha Brown vacations on the Pacific coast of Mexico in the beachside towns of Zihuatanejo and Ixtapa.

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.

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.

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.

Samantha Brown visits coastal Chile and checks out the beaches, lunches on clams and Parmesan cheese, hangs with cowboys and explores the nightlife.

Known as the home of mariachi and tequila, it's the Mexican state of Jalisco, where Samantha finds Mexico's second largest city - Guadalajara!

Samantha shares her favorite moments during her adventures in Latin America.