Travel Forum / Destinations / Latin America / December 2005

"Ring out the old, Ring in the new lower fares": In today's Chicago Tribune,
United Airlines is advertising a one-way fare of $309 from Chicago to Buenos
Aires, or $618 round-trip, for travel through March 31, 2006. Tickets must
be purchased by January 10.

If you're coming to Quito-Ecuador, and you're looking for the best
place to stay, we offer a comfortable Hostel located in Quito's
tourist center, we also have Spanish classes with professional teachers
and Salsa lessons. You'll have the time of your life being able to

Just wondering if anyone has been down to Cancun recently.... I leave
next week for a week vacation, I wonder how the city is recovering from
the hurricanes this past season. Anyone have any advice?
thx in advance...

I'm English-speaking and learning Spanish from books and CDs.  Is there
somewhere that a blatant beginner like me can post questions on the
lan-
guage?  Alt.usage.Spanish appears too high end for me.  I hate to

Check out this humorous account of my trip and travails through Belize.  It
should be well worth your time.
http://www.afoolish.blogspot.com

I need to stay for a couple of nights in San Pedro Sula, HN in March.
I found a listing for a Hotel Bolivar near the square, but I cannot find out
how to book a room.
Is this hotel still open?

I am visiting Peru at the end of January. I am interested in flying to
Iquitos and taking a boat up the Amazon to Manaus, and then flying back
to Lima (my return flight to the US is out of Lima). Does anyone know if
there are indeed direct flights to Lima from Manaus, or at least ...

Will be back soon...!!! March for 11 days. Anyone else? Lots to see and
do if you have any ???, post here or write me privately. I run a couple
PV travel groups of interest.

Has anyone been to Puerto Vallarta? I just got back, I was suppose to
go to Cozumel but hurricane Wilma changed that. A person with a mic by
the pool one morning made it clear he did not like Americans! We did
not feel welcome! Check out my

Hi - does anyone have advice regarding a vacation in the Osa Peninsula
in Costa Rica.  Looks like there are several all inclusive "eco-lodges"
in the area such as Lapa Rios and El Remanso.  We are thinking of going
in the summer - perhaps early August.

Bangkok, steamy, hot city of angels and angles, equally brash and
butal, sexy and mysterious, hot and holy, mad and sublime, crazed and
cultural, the world's most beautiful women and nastiest pimps... find
out more about this unique city and hot links at,

        We're looking to spend a few weeks in Peru. Would like to do Cusco,
Machu Picchu and perhaps rent a car for expeditions further afield. looking
at April to be away from hoards of tourists. We like walking, archaeology
and would rather spend week slowing down and really ...

I would like to get recommendations on hotels at Lima / sea-side, suitable
for family for Christmas time? And also interested hotels in Cuzco and other
towns near Macchu Picchu. We are looking at hotels about "three stars" -in
European classification.

Has anyone had any success with a "learn quickly" type course in
Espanol?      I'm thinking of something of the "Superlearning" type of
course (if anyone remembers that).
Conversational Espanol is my goal for now.

Anyone get any good airline deals thru a travel agent?  How does it
compare to getting RT tix online?  I've bought tix mainly online, but
they don't seem much like bargain deals to me.  Getting to Rio from the
US is kinda expensive...