Travel Forum / Destinations / Latin America / July 2003

I've never dealt with Orbitz, but I just used it to test what it might come
up with in Buenos Aires.
It came up a couple of dozen hotels, including the Crillon, which I
mentioned in another post.

Anyone use Orbitz for South America hotels, Chile & Argentina?  Prices look
great but I've never used Orbitz. Any suggestions?
Mickie

Has anybody flown recently from Veracruz to Mexico City?
What does a one-way airfare cost?
Is there a travel agency, an airline, or a flight time that I should
look for in order to get a lower fare?

I am going to Cuba on a Canada World Youth program in December- what
should I expect to encounter on my arrivals?

i'm travelling in brazil for the next 4 weeks and i was wondering if
anyone wants to join me during some of this time. i'm at the moment in
salvador in the norteast and planning to continue my journey up north
so if you are bit bored on your own or tired of your group drop me a

Ok ... it's decided... my wife and I are going to Chile for about 3
weeks in September!
What should we do?
I've just started researching, but I want advice and tips from people

Hi out there!
I'm coming from Germany and in September me and my brother are going
to do a voluntary service in Mexico and Guatemala for about half a
year. I'm also planning to travel to Nicaragua afterwards.

Hi there group, my partner and I have a trip planned for about 5
months starting in Sept.  We plan on flying into mexico city and then
working our way to argentina.
we have worked out flights to do on our way as part of out round the

Looking for any knowledge out there on whether a 4 or 5 week trip to
Argentina next April is a reasonable idea.  We had planned to go in
March which seemed ideal but now have to postpone to April.  Will we
miss all the wildlife (penguins and such) in the Punta Arenas area by

Ehi guys,
what about this route?
Antigua
Chichicastenango

I am planning a trip to Argentina and I wonder how the hustler scene
is (the famous "taxiboy")
Where can we find them, I eared about "Marcelo T. de Alvear Street",
is that right ? This street seem to be more that 1 km long, where

I usually book all components of my travel vacations myself,  but thought a
one-hotel, simple round-trip package from Expedia looked pretty good.  The
following correspondence shows how wrong I was.
Anyone else with similar?

In January my wife and I embark on a backpacking trip down Central
America, starting in Mexico City. I am looking forward to meeting
people, getting tips, 'learning as we go'. However, for the first few
days of acclimatisation, I would be happier knowing that we had a

I find no RV parks between Chetumal and Plenque.  I found a couple of RV
 Caravan tours that mention using a secure "DRY CAMPING" site.  Does
anyone have nny ideas where pne could park along this stretch.
Second question can it be driven OK in one day, what are the road

I've got a few free days on a business trip while in Texas and Wanter
to Visit Monterrey, Mexico.
I've been trying to find information on buses that travel between
Mamtamoros to Monterrey. I was hoping to drive down to Brownsville on