Transport truck on the Pan American highway in northern Peru, South AmericaInca Kola (The National Soda) sign on the side of the road

'Welcome to Mancora' sign on the Pan-American Highway and main street at this surfing resort in the far north near the Ecuadorean border, Mancora, Peru, South America

Street stalls selling souvenirs and jewellery on the Pan-American Highway and main street at this surfing resort in the far north near the Ecuadorean border, Mancora, Peru, South America

Flags and statuary decorate a colorful roadside altar in a desolate region of northern Chile. Shrines or animitas are a common tradition of memorials that mark the site where someone died. People who are not related to the person who was killed can offer a prayer at the animita, in this way, animitas can take the roles of popular saints in the Catholic religion, Pan American Highway, Chile

The Pan American Highway is an empty, lonely, desolate road as it runs along Peru's Pacific Desert Coast along the ocean for hundreds of miles, Near Chala, Peru

PERU Landscape Car and buses on the Pan American highway through coastal desert area Automobile

Traffic on Pan-American highway through coastal desert, Peru