Travel Forum / Destinations / Latin America / December 2003

Has anyone had experience travelling by bus from Costa Rica to Mexico?

I am considering traveling there next year. Would it be safe to travel alone
via the train and taking local buses to places the train doesn't go?
Thanks in advance,
Bev

We plan to drive from Phoenix to Creel and leave our car there while we tour
the area.
Any problems with storing a car in Creel.

Can i use my European gsm in Nicaragua?

My wife and I are flying into Santiago.  She's something of a reluctant
flyer, so I thought I would take a week to drive down to Puerto Montt,
perhaps Chiloe, stopping at a few places and driving back.  We are used to
long drives and enjoy sight seeing from the car more than a bus ...

I've traveled to South America before, and although I've taken the
pills along, I've never used them.  The locals always found silly what
alarmed my doctor back home.  Naturally, I took their advice not his.
I avoided dawn and dusk mesquito swarms, and managed to avoid malaria.

Any advice on arranging transportation between these two points...?
Is it easy to set up?  
Do I need to do so before I leave for Costa Rica?  
Or can I wait until the morning I want to leave?  

I'll be traveling to Nicaragua next month and want to make sure that I
make some A.A. meetings there.
Does anyone know of any A.A. meetings in Managua or where I can find
out?

I am leaving for a five weeks trip with my wife on Dec 25 staring in
Santiago and ending in Iguazu falls. I am seeking for advices on where
to go and how much time to spend in each place. we like hiking but
very moderate, we've been in alaska so Tierra del Fuego does not

I'm heading off for Mexico in a few weeks and am trying to work out some of
the finer points of my itinery.
One of the people I'm going with is interested in seeing the Tule tree
while we're in Oaxaca so I figured we might as well, but I was wondering

See http://bere-design.tk
And we had a good time....
Pura Vida !

I have need for a driver/guide to travel to the more popular
tourist sites around Rio February 18,19, and 20th, 2004.
Sam Avampato

Is anyone in or going to : guadalajara  
, I have a small favour to ask, I need to get the telephone number of
a store down town but can{t get there myself.
If you´re in the area, I´d appreciate the help

I've read about Mexico City's Metro; that it's really crowded and full
of pick-pocket crimes.  We'll be there the week between X'mas and New
Year.  Are the metro still crowded then since I've heard the city is
quite empty.  We will be travelling with our two kids, ages 9 and 11.

Just got back from a 10-day road trip from San Antonio, Texas to just north
of Puerta Vallarta.  Excellent trip.  Over 2,500 miles of driving, much of
it at night and on back roads, despite warnings from many "mexperts" who
assured us doing so would lead to our demise.