Travel Forum / Destinations / Latin America / August 2006

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My daughter is going to the Cancun area in September.
Should she take Mexican pesetas or US dollars, cash or cheques?
TIA
Bob

In 2007 my niece (college student) and I (clergy) plan to spend the last
week of June and the first week of July in Argentina.  Since we can't see
everything in that amount of time, what are the "must do's" ... Iguassu
Falls?  Bariloche?  El tren de las Nubes?  Una estancia?  ...

Im looking for a nice hotel in both Montevideo and Canelone region. Im
not looking for big 100+ rooms, 10+ floors hotel, just something small.
Price: max 60 euro for a night. Thanks for your suggestions! peter

Has anyone in the group stay at or know anyone who stayed at the Golden
Beach Resort in Punta del Este?
Our travel agent is planning for us to stay there and I wanted to get
some feedback.

Mine is the Melia in Cabo. You can read about it here:
[url=http://www.cometocabo.com/melia_cabo_san_lucas.html"]Melia Cabo
San Lucas[/url]
I am looking for other suggestions on a hotel as I am looking for a

Most of the Argentina's provinces maintain their own individual tourist
offices in Buenos Aires.
A friend in Buenos Aires said that he would check at the Salta tourist
office in the capital to see whether the Train to the Clouds is running or

Some time ago I posted a query about the cost for a taxi ride from the
Mexico City airport to Cuautla, not far from Cuernavaca, and I received no
replies. Just for the heck of it, here is what we did: On arrival Mexico
City airport I asked all authorized taxi vendors for a quotation ...

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I am looking to find a cheap means of getting to Brazil ( even boat )
and was wondering what infact my options are ?
my leaving date would have to be round the 18 - 19 sept and so far most
of the prices i see for those times are expensive $1400

I was told that its not such a big deal if North Americans spend local
money.  Others told me you risk arrest.  Its a big incentive as the
exchange rate of one is many times that of the other.  I guess if you
have a long enough visa, and the cost of living is dirt cheap, and you

If you are travelling by air with a film camera, don't forget that now
all airlines require cameras to be in checked luggage, not carried on
board.  It is absolutely essential to have the film (and the camera
containing film) in a lead pouch.  Otherwise, many strong x-rays used

I'm thinking of going to Argentina in the beginning of December for
about 8 days.  I am going to fly into Buenos Aires and would like to
spend at least a few days there.  Any suggestions as to where else in
Argentina I should go?  I'm up for anything, although camping out is

If anyone can help me with the following I'd be most grateful:
I will have one spare day in the Merida area during a visit in August.
Should I book in advance for the cable car? How likely am I to see good
views, or will it probably be cloudy and so maybe not worth the trip?

I dont know if this is the correct group or not. If not, I would like
to apologize and thank you in advance to let me know which group I
should post this.
We are currently looking for 8 Volunteers in Ecuador.