Travel Forum / Destinations / Latin America / February 2005

  We will be in Mazatlan for about 10 days in May, and had a couple of
questions about things to do:
- We like to snorkel - any recommended places to go for that?
- Is it worth renting a car to drive the countryside?  Are there

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thinking of taking the Caravan "COPPER CANYON TOUR OF MEXICO" anyone
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I'm planning to drive basically to Panama from Salt Lake City. I am
familiar with Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, and have traveled through
Several South American countries, but was curious if anyone could offer
any details regarding driving through Mex, Guatamala, Honduras, etc...

My wife and I will soon be traveling to Brazil from the US. I am a
citizen of Sweden, and will therefore not need a Brazilian visa. My
wife has two passports: Sweden and the US. Will she need a visa
(entered in her US passport)?

Based on earlier advice on this newsgroup, I'm planning on 5 days in
roatan's west end.  I hope to be snorkeling/freediving as much as possible
with my teenage son.  So far I'm looking at:
Keifitos

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I've got six weeks for traveling all of August plus the last week of
July and first of September. One of the places I'm thinking about is
Peru, so I'm wondering how swamped with tourists it is during the high
season. Is it really awful, and if I could swing it would late

I'm not sure where I'm going in Central America yet but I'm looking for recommended websites or airlines
that have good fares from the Seattle area to Central America.  I guess San Jose would be the most
frequently travelled destination.  It doesn't matter since I'll be travelling ...

Has anyone made a trip to Manu National Park in Peru?
Which travel agency did you use as a guide. Any comments?
We are planning of making a one week tour and wounder if any of you have
done that and if it is something to recommend?

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Thank you very much in advance for taking a few minutes to go through
these lines.
My name is Darinka de Flores and I am working for AULA WORLD. I am

Which islands should definitely be included in my itenerary when I am
looking for a tour in Quito next month, and why. I am looking for a
tourist-superior class boat with a max of 16 passengers. Any recommendations
on boats and/or tour companies in Quito?

Hi! I've decided, rather last-minute, to take a vacation to Costa Rica.
I'm usually pretty comfortable "winging it", without a fixed itinerary,
but given the last-minute nature of this trip (and my lack of time to
do much research before I go) I asked a travel agent in CR to put an

We are going on a spur of the moment trip (just thought of it on
Monday, leaving this Saturday) to Costa Rica.  Never been before.  We
are looking for relaxing travel.  I know we can't see it all in a week,
so we are not trying to (girlfriend and I).  I want to see some of the

They seem to say that they have cornered the air courier market.  Their prices seem great.  The best
prices seem to be last minute specials.  Like "Can you fly tomorrow or the day after."  The salesperson I
talked to on the phone (1-800-461-8856) was fairly high pressure so that ...

we were considering equador, and possibly chile, for a honeymoon.
everything read seems great, but everyone we talk to speaks of too many
risks, especially on a honeymoon.
we aren't interested in hiding in a compound or otherwise not immersing