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Hadlock
Nov 9, 2004

I had an interesting situation in December 2009 where the hostel wanted only colombian pesos at final checkout (It was my first hostel experience, I thought USD was ok -- always double check, some will take USD, some won't), and I had spent most of my pesos earlier that day to avoid the ludicrous exchange rates charged at the airport; also it was after the banks had closed and my flight left before the banks opened.

I ended up getting escorted at 1am in the morning from Platypus hostel (heart of candeleria) by three employees of the hostel carrying billy clubs the six(?) blocks to the CitiBank ATM across the plaza from Museo del Oro (Gold Museum)*. I didn't have any issues since a group of four fully grown men isn't much of a target. The streets were mostly deserted, I saw maybe three other people, all of them were police officers stationed in the Plaza.

That said, the night before I arrived someone had gotten mugged just down the street from the Platypus hostel, which is sort of set back in the alleys. Anyways, long story short, the people who lived there seemed a little jittery about walking back from an ATM after dark.

Every story I've heard about someone getting mugged in Bogota it was always a female in a group of one or two.

I felt perfectly safe in the Candelaria while I was there during the day; there's so many people walking about and an MP on every corner mugging/beating is not really an issue save maybe pickpockets.

*I highly reccomend Museo del Oro, it's a 1st rate museum on par with any fancy museum you'd see in the US and something like $6 USD even with the guided audio tour.

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Adnar
Jul 11, 2002

I stayed at Platypus for 2 weeks and yeah it's a pretty sketch area at night. I'm told part of this is because of the hostels and so many people in the area being vulnerable. But you have no reason to walk around most of that area at night, all the bars are in clusters and otherwise there's NOTHING you'd be walking to after dark. During the day it's 100% safe.

R2ICustomerSupport
Dec 12, 2004

Adnar posted:

During the day it's 100% safe.

I mostly agree with you and would say it's 99% safe ;)

One day last August a Colombian man was stabbed right outside the front door of our hostel in the middle of the day. The front door was open and I was sitting in the common room until I heard some screams and a big commotion. It took nearly an hour for an ambulance to take him away but in the meantime he laid on the ground right in by the front door bleeding to death. But it was gang/drug related.

Jesus Rocket
Apr 25, 2003
Are there any cool day trips from Belize City? I'll be working near Belize City and am considering staying a day or 2 in the country at the end. I heard Belize City itself isn't so great so I am thinking of doing the Belize Zoo or one of the nearby ruins. I don't think Tikal would be possible in the time I have.

Cheesemaster200
Feb 11, 2004

Guard of the Citadel

TheLizard posted:

From where? A few years ago I flew IAD-IAH-SJO for $230 round trip.

Also, if you have some money go here, because it's incredible:

http://www.pacuarelodge.com/

Does that cater to solo travelers at all? I would like to go there one day, but it always seems like it is meant for couples on their honeymoon and what not..

TheLizard
Oct 27, 2004

I am the Lizard Queen!

Cheesemaster200 posted:

Does that cater to solo travelers at all? I would like to go there one day, but it always seems like it is meant for couples on their honeymoon and what not..

I was a solo traveler and there was a mix of couples and younger adventure-type travelers. Wide mix of countries, too - it's not just US/CA.

smackfu
Jun 7, 2004

Jesus Rocket posted:

Are there any cool day trips from Belize City? I'll be working near Belize City and am considering staying a day or 2 in the country at the end. I heard Belize City itself isn't so great so I am thinking of doing the Belize Zoo or one of the nearby ruins. I don't think Tikal would be possible in the time I have.
ATM cave is not too far and is pretty awesome.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actun_Tunichil_Muknal

I'm not sure how long the Belize City to San Ignacio trip takes by car. By bus it's 2-3 hours.

Smai
Feb 20, 2006

Eurekapile posted:

Any tips for finding/planning a trip to Costa Rica?

We are doing a two person trip from June 16th-23rd.


We have a deal to get round trip airfare for 370 per person. Should we jump on this price?


We don't have anything in mind for sleeping though. We want to stay in different places during the week, any recommendations on a cheap way to do this? What is a good price to shoot for for hotels?

I came here in January for $350 roundtrip, so $370 is a little higher, but if you can't find anything else, I would just book it.

Hostels for cheap accommodations. Most hostels in Costa Rica don't cost more than $15 a person, and they are pretty nice. Do you have any ideas of what you want to see? Beaches, mountains, monkeys, what? How many places do you want to go? Are you older than 21? Car rentals are relatively cheap over 21 and if you only have a week and are trying to get to 3 or more places, I would recommend getting one. It probably wouldn't be more than $150 or so for the week. People always talk about how crazy the roads are, but outside of the cities driving isn't that bad. Since you will be avoiding San Jose and the whole loving central valley like the plague anyway, the time saved and the beautiful things you will get to experience from just being in a car in rural Costa Rica with the windows down is worth it -- but I guess that really depends on your budget.

The most touristy places are: Monteverde (cloudy mountain town), La Fortuna (volcano), Manuel Antonio (Pacific beach and national park), Tamarindo (Pacific beach), Puerto Viejo (Caribbean beach), kind of Santa Teresa and Montezuma (Nicoya Peninsula beaches), and less so, the Osa Peninsula (which I have never been to, but would jump on so quickly if I had the time).

Honestly, the best thing I have ever done in Costa Rica was stay with the indigenous Bribri in Talamanca in the southeast near Panama. There are a lot of ecotourism initiatives going on since the national banks deny them access to loans and they have very little economic diversity. Best nature, people, food, and "real" experience I've had in 4 months though. Let me know if you'd like more info on something off the beaten path like that.




Now my own question! I have from June 15th-June 19th for a trip to Nicaragua. My "I am running out of money" plan is to take a bus really close to the border, cross it, take a bus to Granada, spend the 15th and 16th in Granada, leave the 17th to Isla de Ometepe, and leave the 19th to Rivas and then chicken bus it back to San Jose. Has anyone who has visited Nicaragua found that the highlights close to the CR border weren't Granada and Ometepe? I'm really interested in Leon but I don't think I have the time. Should I skip Ometepe and do something else (is Laguna de Apoyo nicer/cheaper than Ometepe?) I'm interested in a bit of the colonial city thing and a bit of the swimming in untouched nature thing. Thanks in advance!

Smai fucked around with this message at 06:41 on May 19, 2010

masterfly
Aug 8, 2006
Hey everyone!

I've read this entire thread and it has got me so excited to go away on my trip. I've written down notes of places to go and festivals and clubs and hostels and man oh man, I'm going to lose my brain if I keep writing places down.

I've officially booked a 1 year trip to South America for June 11th, booked it about 4 hours ago and am going with me, myself, and a backpack. But mostly me.

This is the most inspiring thread I've read in a while and I'm hoping it doesn't stop there. I've never traveled alone before and never for more than a week or two weeks at a time. I'd consider the longest trip I've had was a drive to Disneyland in Anaheim for a few days and then back home to Canada again.

I've obviously never backpacked before, this will definitely be an adventure. There's a lot of information on backpacking on the web with a million pointers, but if anyone has some real quick solid advice for South America for a solo traveler and a backpack then I'm all for it.

I plan to go through just about every country on the continent, except Suriname and another one that required a tourist visa. My Brazil visa is on the way so hopefully that will arrive before I depart in 3 weeks.

The nice thing about a Canadian citizenship is most of the countries along the west coast of SA don't require a tourist visa, I can just fly right into Peru, which is exactly what I'm doing :) Starting in Lima!

If anyone is adventuring in South America right now please shoot me a message and we can meet up somewhere. I'm going away for so long that I have no time constraints whatsoever.

I figure I may as well do this as a skinny white 24 year old than a married 44 year old with kids and a mortgage, because it probably won't happen then. At least I don't see that happening but who knows.

R2ICustomerSupport
Dec 12, 2004

masterfly posted:

Awesome SA Trip

Congrats! It sounds like you will have a really awesome time. Let us know if you have any specific questions.

masterfly
Aug 8, 2006
Hah thanks. I planned on doing this about 6 months ago but delayed due to work and school. I was originally just going to fly down and let each day come without planning anything, but then I started reading this thread and some other tourism sites and realized how many places I would have missed if I just went without having SOME kind of plan. It's just better to have a cool location written down in case I happen to be passing through it than completely miss it.

I only thought carnival was in Rio, I had no idea there was one in Salvador. I'll probably make my way over there at some point.

Right now I have a local buddy traveling from Rio to Buenos Aires, so we're going to try to meet up maybe in Bolivia or Cusco before doing Machu Picchu.

At least I won't be alone the whole trip.

masterfly
Aug 8, 2006
Well here's something. I was told by the consulate for Brazil that I'm unable to receive a visa because I'm flying into Peru first. I don't have anything booked (planes, buses) for the future that could take me into Brazil and this is what they want to see. They want to know how I'm getting into Brazil, whether it's by ground or air and what time I'll be doing and how long I'll be staying there.

The guy at the embassy that I talked to today promised me that I could get one in SA without a problem, he recommended doing it right in Lima after I land. Has anyone encountered this before and still got into the country without any problems?

I just heard that I could only apply from my home country. I would have preferred to have it done today but I guess if I can do it down there then it's not a big deal. I just don't want to sit in Lima for 2 weeks while I wait for the application to go through.


Now that I think about it I still have no idea when I'll actually be crossing over in Brazil, that's what makes this difficult. If they want the exact dates then I just don't have them. I won't know until I'm at the border more or less, then I'd have to travel to a city and sit there for 2 weeks and hope the application goes through. Either way I'm stuck somewhere by an embassy since I don't have a mailbox down there, lol.

masterfly fucked around with this message at 23:57 on May 21, 2010

R2ICustomerSupport
Dec 12, 2004

masterfly posted:

Well here's something. I was told by the consulate for Brazil that I'm unable to receive a visa because I'm flying into Peru first. I don't have anything booked (planes, buses) for the future that could take me into Brazil and this is what they want to see. They want to know how I'm getting into Brazil, whether it's by ground or air and what time I'll be doing and how long I'll be staying there.

The guy at the embassy that I talked to today promised me that I could get one in SA without a problem, he recommended doing it right in Lima after I land. Has anyone encountered this before and still got into the country without any problems?

I just heard that I could only apply from my home country. I would have preferred to have it done today but I guess if I can do it down there then it's not a big deal. I just don't want to sit in Lima for 2 weeks while I wait for the application to go through.


Now that I think about it I still have no idea when I'll actually be crossing over in Brazil, that's what makes this difficult. If they want the exact dates then I just don't have them. I won't know until I'm at the border more or less, then I'd have to travel to a city and sit there for 2 weeks and hope the application goes through. Either way I'm stuck somewhere by an embassy since I don't have a mailbox down there, lol.

You will have 90 days to enter Brazil after they issue the visa otherwise it expires. That's why you also need to show proof that you are entering and leaving the country which means you really need to plan out the Brazil part of your trip. You also need to buy the actual flight before you submit the visa application.

If you are applying from the U.S. you can only use the consulate assigned to your permanent address. While I know people can also get them abroad in places like Argentina it becomes much more complicated and will generally take more time. You may want to save Brazil for another trip for visa, cost, and since its such a huge country.

masterfly
Aug 8, 2006

DustingDuvet posted:

You will have 90 days to enter Brazil after they issue the visa otherwise it expires. That's why you also need to show proof that you are entering and leaving the country which means you really need to plan out the Brazil part of your trip. You also need to buy the actual flight before you submit the visa application.

If you are applying from the U.S. you can only use the consulate assigned to your permanent address. While I know people can also get them abroad in places like Argentina it becomes much more complicated and will generally take more time. You may want to save Brazil for another trip for visa, cost, and since its such a huge country.

Thanks for the reply. I've literally planned the Brazil part more than anything. The amount of work involved in getting the visa is pretty ridiuclous. I'm going down for too long and missing it now wouldn't make any sense, I don't think I'll be able to afford this for years after this trip.

I'm applying from Canada but I'm not sure if the rules are any different. I've got all the proof other than "what time am I entering and what time am I leaving."
That's seriously the only reason the guy said he can't do it. I could book something now in advance to show proof, like a flight from Lima to Rio or obviously something cheaper and realistically if this gets me the visa then I don't see how it would be a bad idea.

Otherwise if the guy at the consulate today wasn't lying then I SHOULD be able to get one while I'm in Lima. Inka Lounge Hostel is right beside the embassy so I'll make my way over there after I land if I don't come up with something before I leave here.

billy cuts
Aug 14, 2003

wrists of fury
Buglord

masterfly posted:

Thanks for the reply. I've literally planned the Brazil part more than anything. The amount of work involved in getting the visa is pretty ridiuclous. I'm going down for too long and missing it now wouldn't make any sense, I don't think I'll be able to afford this for years after this trip.

I'm applying from Canada but I'm not sure if the rules are any different. I've got all the proof other than "what time am I entering and what time am I leaving."
That's seriously the only reason the guy said he can't do it. I could book something now in advance to show proof, like a flight from Lima to Rio or obviously something cheaper and realistically if this gets me the visa then I don't see how it would be a bad idea.

Otherwise if the guy at the consulate today wasn't lying then I SHOULD be able to get one while I'm in Lima. Inka Lounge Hostel is right beside the embassy so I'll make my way over there after I land if I don't come up with something before I leave here.

When are you getting into Lima? I'm flying down later this afternoon and will be there the next few days. After that I'll be heading to the jungle for the next 3 months. If you're going to be around we should grab a beer or something.

Dj Vulvio
Mar 1, 2007

Good morning Mrs. Bates
If there's any EuroGoon planning to visit Latin America in the short-medium term, Qatar Airways is throwing away tickets from Barcelona and Madrid to Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo, prices are between 400 and 450 euros for a round-trip, a free stopover in a hotel room in Doha is also included.


Details on the Spanish website of Qatar Airways

edit: details, hurf durf

Dj Vulvio fucked around with this message at 13:39 on May 27, 2010

masterfly
Aug 8, 2006

billy cuts posted:

When are you getting into Lima? I'm flying down later this afternoon and will be there the next few days. After that I'll be heading to the jungle for the next 3 months. If you're going to be around we should grab a beer or something.


I'm arriving on June 11th. Who knows where you'll be at that point. Are you traveling or staying in one general location?

Drop me a line and maybe I'll run into you someday.

billy cuts
Aug 14, 2003

wrists of fury
Buglord

masterfly posted:

I'm arriving on June 11th. Who knows where you'll be at that point. Are you traveling or staying in one general location?

Drop me a line and maybe I'll run into you someday.

I just got into Tarapoto, which is in the western upper Peruvian Amazon. I'll be here for a couple weeks, then off to Yurimaguas for the rest of the time I'm in Peru. Give me a call if you're in the region -- 042-942-61-0220.

Kessel
Mar 6, 2007

Two of us are backpacking in Argentina in a couple of weeks' time. We've got the hostels and so on lined up, but we're wondering how much to budget for daily food and bric-a-bracs?

We're mainly in Puerto Iguazu and Buenos Aires.

Hadlock
Nov 9, 2004

I think I paid $4 for a cheeseburger and a beer in Puerto Iguazu at the fancy restaurant with the wood patio on the main drag (you'll know it when you see it). Try their Italian Ciabatta burger it's delicious. There's a grocery store 4-5 doors down the hill from there that has most everything you need. The only have one brand of each item so good luck comparison shopping :downs:

You can get a 16oz (0.5 kg) sirloin steak with a 600ml beer at a sit down restaurant with cloth napkins a block from the obelisk in BA for ~$12. you can eat pretty well for $6 and most hostels have some sort of kitchen facilities for you to make things as complex as sandwiches or spaghetti. one guy i ran into found a place that serves a .25kg sirloin steak on a hoagie with french fries for $4 about 10 blocks SE of the obelisk in the bohemian part of town. if you're thirsty and on the move a 500ml coke is anywhere from $0.66 usd to $1.25 usd depending on how far from the main drag you're willing to walk. mcdonalds and BK in BA is as expensive to 20% premium over US prices for the same thing (hold the mayo please)

edit: those prices are through rosy glasses, proably add 10-15% to those prices

at the iguazu grocery store I think I paid $20 USD for a 12 oz bottle of sunscreen. if you're of northern European heritage like i am (and burn like a mother***) i suggest you bring your own. you can buy anything you need on the road, but sunscreen was the one thing that was consistently more expensive there than back home

Hadlock fucked around with this message at 07:23 on May 30, 2010

masterfly
Aug 8, 2006

Hadlock posted:

but sunscreen was the one thing that was consistently more expensive there than back home

Thanks for the heads up. I was just going to buy some there but I'll probably bring my own now. I wasn't sure what to expect on prices in grocery stores and such so that was good info.


billy cuts posted:

I just got into Tarapoto, which is in the western upper Peruvian Amazon. I'll be here for a couple weeks, then off to Yurimaguas for the rest of the time I'm in Peru. Give me a call if you're in the region -- 042-942-61-0220.

If I land and find myself alone I'll definitely give you a call. I've got a meetup with a buddy in La Paz shortly after I land but he hasn't answered my email for over a week now so he's either having a good time or kidnapped and ground up for harvest. If I don't end up seeing him right away then I'll lounge around in Peru for a few weeks.

Tarapoto looks gorgeous, what did you end up paying for the bus ride there from Lima?

PleasantDilemma
Dec 5, 2006

The Last Hope for Peace

Kessel posted:

Two of us are backpacking in Argentina in a couple of weeks' time. We've got the hostels and so on lined up, but we're wondering how much to budget for daily food and bric-a-bracs?

We're mainly in Puerto Iguazu and Buenos Aires.

I'd like to hear more about your trip. After reading through this thread I hope to take a trip down to South America and Buenos Aires seems like such a cool place to visit.

Alfajor
Jun 10, 2005

The delicious snack cake.
Flights are already expensive as balls to go to Argentina. Any tips for departing cities from the west coast to make it cheaper? I'm trying to fly into Mendoza, or even Santiago of Chile.

R2ICustomerSupport
Dec 12, 2004

Alfajor posted:

Flights are already expensive as balls to go to Argentina. Any tips for departing cities from the west coast to make it cheaper? I'm trying to fly into Mendoza, or even Santiago of Chile.

Santiago will end up being the cheaper destination to get to since you will be able to find direct flights from the U.S. All flights to Mendoza will need to connect in Santiago, Sao Paulo, or from other cities throughout Argentina.

If you fly into Buenos Aires or Santiago there is a visa fee of $100+ US dollars too.

LAN airlines flies direct from Los Angeles to Santiago in Chile so that's probably going to be the best airline to check from the West Coast. There are no direct flights from the west coast to argentina.

But if you can get to Houston, Atlanta, NYC, or Miami economically that would really open up your options for finding a less expensive flight.

edit: a quick look shows $963 with tax from Los Angeles to Buenos Aires roundtrip.

R2ICustomerSupport fucked around with this message at 20:23 on Jun 1, 2010

billy cuts
Aug 14, 2003

wrists of fury
Buglord

masterfly posted:

If I land and find myself alone I'll definitely give you a call. I've got a meetup with a buddy in La Paz shortly after I land but he hasn't answered my email for over a week now so he's either having a good time or kidnapped and ground up for harvest. If I don't end up seeing him right away then I'll lounge around in Peru for a few weeks.

Tarapoto looks gorgeous, what did you end up paying for the bus ride there from Lima?

Tarapoto is an amazing little town. I've never taken the bus out here because it's around a 20 hour ride and I'm usually pretty antsy to get into the jungle. Also, there are a lot of accidents/assaults on the highway between the coast and the jungle. It's much easier (and a billion times faster) to fly. You can get a round trip ticket to Tarapoto from Lima for around $100 on Star Peru. Hope to see you out here.

Hadlock
Nov 9, 2004

I bought a dog leg ticket (in addition to a separate, explore south america ticket) from Dallas -> Bogota via Miami and Lima -> Dallas via Miami for about $950 total, only a week before my flight left.

If you're on summer break and have a few extra days, and you're headed for Argentina try flying into whatever's cheapest to get you on the continent. Call up American Airlines and ask about their Explore South America package where you can say, hop from Bogota to Santiago to BA and then back to Bogota for $~350. Each leg is only $75-125 but the restriction is you have to spend at least a day in each city.

Being on the west coast just makes S.America travel expensive. If you live north of LA you're adding 1200+ miles to your trip just to get to Dallas or Houston. It's another 1200 miles to Miami from there. If you look at a globe, Miami is almost due north of Bogota, Colombia, which is one of the more western cities you're going to visit. Depending on where you are on the west coast you might want to look into flying through Mexico City or Panama. Panama -> Colombia/Venezuela/Ecuador is consistently $550 one way.

masterfly
Aug 8, 2006
This is it guys. I leave tomorrow at 6am for my journey through SA to hopefully avoid being captured by black mambas (quote my dad), or sold on the black market.

Thanks for the help, this thread has a ton of good info. I'm going to try to run into any goons I can along the way, more frends plz :D

Kessel
Mar 6, 2007

PlesantDilemma posted:

I'd like to hear more about your trip. After reading through this thread I hope to take a trip down to South America and Buenos Aires seems like such a cool place to visit.

Leaving tomorrow, will report back in couple of weeks to a month sah!

Bearproof
Dec 18, 2008

"Tell me how you play and I will tell you who you are"

Kessel posted:

Leaving tomorrow, will report back in couple of weeks to a month sah!

If you need a goon contact in BsAs, feel free to PM. I can give some advice on eating, what to see, where to go etc... In Buenos Aires you can eat three decent meals for under 100 pesos a day. That is roughly $25 a day if you want to eat out every single time.

Blackjack2000
Mar 29, 2010

This thread just convinced me to buy a ticket to Bogota in late September. I did it on an impulse, can anyone let me know if I've somehow chosen a very bad time to go? (I have 24 hours to cancel).

masterfly
Aug 8, 2006
Iīve been in Lima for a few days now and itīs definitely time to head to Ica or somewhere. I did the sea lion tour off the naval port (recommended tour for only 35 dollars right at the dock on a little booth, just donīt be a hero and skip out on the sea sickness pill. Take the pill when she offers it.)

Iīve been eating in restaurants and quick food stops since I got here and I can safely say that my stomach isnīt handling the food that well. Iīve been taking a lot of dumps and pissing a lot. Is this normal for the first couple of weeks? I feel ok otherwise. On another note itīs been really difficult to bargain with cabs because I donīt speak any spanish, Iīve had my hostel setup the cab rides for me.

Right now Iīm in Miraflores and the traffic is still amazing to watch. Itīs total chaos.

Also silly cuts I wonīt be able to head north anymore. Iīm going to head south with someone I met at my hostel and also run into another friend along the way at some point. Iīll be heading back to Peru and Ecuador in the next 3 months though. I canīt afford to stay in a place like Brazil with my budget.

masterfly fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Jun 16, 2010

Tomato Soup
Jan 16, 2006

I'm planning on travelling to Peru and Bolivia from September to December and I'll be travelling solo (23-year old deaf female, should be interesting :v: but I have basic knowledge of written Spanish otherwise I'll just gesture or draw pictures) but I've had experience backpacking before. Any goons in the area then that I could meet up for a beer or something?

I'm still working on my itinerary but I'm going to be flexible and take my own time getting around but reckon 2 months is enough for Peru (both north and south) and Bolivia? I plan on volunteering for a month once I hammer out the details (not sure where yet, but probably Lima).

Other than the normal touristy gringo trail stuff, I'd like to take surfing lessons in Peru somwhere in the north but not sure what's the best place to go to and how much the lessons cost typically. Any suggestions on where to go? :)

kidhash
Jan 10, 2007

Tomato Soup posted:

I'm planning on travelling to Peru and Bolivia from September to December and I'll be travelling solo (23-year old deaf female, should be interesting :v: but I have basic knowledge of written Spanish otherwise I'll just gesture or draw pictures) but I've had experience backpacking before. Any goons in the area then that I could meet up for a beer or something?

I'm still working on my itinerary but I'm going to be flexible and take my own time getting around but reckon 2 months is enough for Peru (both north and south) and Bolivia? I plan on volunteering for a month once I hammer out the details (not sure where yet, but probably Lima).

Other than the normal touristy gringo trail stuff, I'd like to take surfing lessons in Peru somwhere in the north but not sure what's the best place to go to and how much the lessons cost typically. Any suggestions on where to go? :)

I would say you could do Bolivia and Peru in 2 months (we did it in about 7 weeks, but didn't do much in Peru). If you plan to have 2 months, and spend 1`of those months volunteering, then I don't think you'll have enough time.

Tomato Soup
Jan 16, 2006

kidhash posted:

I would say you could do Bolivia and Peru in 2 months (we did it in about 7 weeks, but didn't do much in Peru). If you plan to have 2 months, and spend 1`of those months volunteering, then I don't think you'll have enough time.

I have 3 months planned, one for volunteering, two for traveling. I probably can do daytrips on the weekends while I'm volunteering so I can see some of the sights in Peru before the two months for travel.

And thanks! :)

kidhash
Jan 10, 2007

Tomato Soup posted:

I have 3 months planned, one for volunteering, two for traveling. I probably can do daytrips on the weekends while I'm volunteering so I can see some of the sights in Peru before the two months for travel.

And thanks! :)

If you're looking for a volunteer opportunity, and "8 hours/day with Capuchin monkeys" sounds awesome, then take a look at http://www.sendaverde.com/

It's $120/week, and that includes 3 meals/day and accomodation. You work pretty much 8-6 each day, but 'work' is mainly playing with and feeding monkeys. There are also tortoises, loads of cool birds and stuff, if that's more you're thing. I can't recommend it highly enough.

Tomato Soup
Jan 16, 2006

kidhash posted:

If you're looking for a volunteer opportunity, and "8 hours/day with Capuchin monkeys" sounds awesome, then take a look at http://www.sendaverde.com/

It's $120/week, and that includes 3 meals/day and accomodation. You work pretty much 8-6 each day, but 'work' is mainly playing with and feeding monkeys. There are also tortoises, loads of cool birds and stuff, if that's more you're thing. I can't recommend it highly enough.

:aaaaa:

I was planning on volunteering at a deaf school but if it doesn't work out (still looking for contacts/info), I'll do that instead. Or I might just do 2 weeks at a school then 2 there.

And I'm trying to book my plane tickets to Peru but the Continental website is having issues and it charged my card thrice without giving me a reservation :supaburn: I was told that the pending charges should be dropped from my account tonight. I wish I didn't screw up and try pay with my debit card but I'm sure Continental will work it out and my bank says they'll refund me overdraft fees if the charges do go through :ohdear:

NZAmoeba
Feb 14, 2005

It turns out it's MAN!
Hair Elf

Bearproof posted:

If you need a goon contact in BsAs, feel free to PM. I can give some advice on eating, what to see, where to go etc... In Buenos Aires you can eat three decent meals for under 100 pesos a day. That is roughly $25 a day if you want to eat out every single time.

You should really check your PM's :colbert:

Tomato Soup
Jan 16, 2006

Ok, Continental were cunts when they got back to me about the errors that I was getting by saying that the website fare was wrong and that it should been be $200 higher. So, I went back to looking for cheap fares and found an nonstop cheaper than what Continental told me was the real fare :neckbeard:

I finally have my tickets!! I'm really going to Peru :aaa:

Kessel
Mar 6, 2007

Bearproof posted:

If you need a goon contact in BsAs, feel free to PM. I can give some advice on eating, what to see, where to go etc... In Buenos Aires you can eat three decent meals for under 100 pesos a day. That is roughly $25 a day if you want to eat out every single time.

I saw this way too late otherwise I would have contacted you right away :( We ended up spending a lot of time pissing about in the San Telmo and Recoleta flea markets.

Also the Devil's Throat at Puerto Iguazu is like staring at the edge of the world. I cannot recommend this any more highly

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roflcopter thief
Nov 22, 2007
ŋpor que no te callas?
Any tips on Valparaiso, Chile?

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