Travel Forum / Destinations / Latin America / June 2005

My son, (20, will be a senior at university),
is off to spend the fall semester at UNAM in San Cristobal, Chiapas. I'm
trying to recall the appropriate busline , etc for him to take from Mexico
City to Chiapas. "A de O"? Or Flecha Flecha Gris?  (AdeO, UNO, & Cristobal

I'm considering taking a vacation to Mazatlan sometime during the
summer of 2005.  Are there any problems I should be aware of?

"Moon Festival" is the title of the art work that out my collection of
modern expressionist paintings has recently captured most interest among
visitors to my fine art virtual gallery.
If you like contemporary expressionism as interpreted by a Mexican artist

A friend who is a hotel owner in la Paz where I wanted to make a reservation
told me that access to la Paz is very difficult, protest marches everywhere
etc. and they don't recommend to travel there at all this year??!!
What is, for real, the current situation in Bolivia?

When you meet a Brazilian man or woman for the first time, and he/she
is either your age or younger, and you're both in an informal setting,
do you use the formal senhor/senhora, or is it acceptable to use voce?
How do Brazilians handle this everyday social situation?