Travel Forum / Destinations / Latin America / February 2008

Hi @,
I'm thinking about taking a spanish course somewhere in Middle or
South America. Does anybody here have some experience with doing this?
Cheers,

Some time during the first week of March, myself and 2 other Americans
are wanting to take a day trip from San Miguel de Allende to
Guanajauto -- perhaps with stops in between at Dolores Hidalgo,
pottery store, etc.

I've decided to avoid Cancun and go directly to Valladolid
on arrival in Mexico. However, ticketbus doesn't list
Valladolid as a destination.
Are there buses direct from Cancun Airport to Valladolid or

My wife and I have been discussing the possibility of making a trip there,
but we are not sure how easy the walking would be. She has bad knees which
make uneven terrain a bit of a challenge, especially if we were trying to
keep up with a group.

Hi everyone, I want to share with you a new website I have found about
electronic union of travel industry www.euoti.net. It's an
organization provides services for all tourism sectors allover the
world. It provides a huge directory contains everything related to

I plan to visit Cancun in June or July and would like information regarding
buying a SIM locally.  Is there a preferred carrier?  Are long distance
rates (calls back to the east coast of the USA) very costly?
Thanks for any information.

Can somebody tell me if there is a luggage office at Chichen Itza? I will
come by bus from Merida and go to Cancun the same day, and I have planned to
visit Chichen Itza on the way. So I will have all my luggage and I will be
bothered with it while the visit...

Is Puerto Escondido a good place to just relax for a few weeks?  It looks
alluring, and it's a place we can reach easily enough, although leaving
seems a challenge.  A challenge, not a problem.  We'd just end the trip with
a few days in Mexico City, since the connection there is ...

Check out a free Yahoo group for the spread of information and ideas
concerning Old Town/South Side of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, from the
Rio Cuale south and all surrounding areas north and south, too. Open
to all, residents and visitors alike. Never been but are curious if

I'm planning to stay 5 days at Easter Island (next July).
Anyone can give me tips on accomodation and good places to eat
What can I fill these five days, what are the msut sees and must doos, and
what are the tourist traps?

We will travel to Belize, and we would like recommendations for health
precautions.
We will be with a Sierra Club tour of major tourist points for most of
the time, and then snorkellilng on our own.  The tour is an elderly

Are there any suggestions for seeing murals in Mexico City.  The last
time I was there I saw the Rivera murals in the Palacio Nacional.  Any
other suggestions would be welcome.  Transit directions to get to them
would also help a great deal.

Hi, I'd like to know if Brasil is less or more expensive than Peru but
in the small towns in the interior only.
I need to know about the cost of living and the cost of the fun in
those towns.