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Bumping this here thread. I'll be coming from Australia or New Zealand to South America. What do you think is a good major hub that will be fairly reasonable in price? South/Central America will be the latter part of my 5 month trip as I make it home to California. (Might even visit Portland or Washington on the way back) At any rate. I'm going to have 3-4 weeks for the area. I have some family in Mexico and I've heard nothing but good things about Mexico south from the border. At first I was thinking Brazil but the visa issue is quite a pain. I figure aside from Mexico I'll have time for 2-3 countries. And I'm pretty much open to any advice or input on which to choose.
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Cross posting this from my thread here http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3166133&pagenumber=2#lastpost So can you guys help me figure this out. These are my plans. Right now I am in Florianopolis. I am considering going to Porto Alegre but not 100% sure. I am thinking I will bus it to the Iguaza Falls on the Argentinian side and stay in a hostel there for a couple of nights. Then bus or fly into Buenos Aires. From there I will fly to Sao Paulo, hit Paraty, Ilha Grande, on my way back to Rio. Staying 2 to 4 nights in each place. I always have a place to stay in Rio with my friend. I am still waiting to hear from the volunteer organization there. Which I want to do for about 3 to 4 weeks. Ultimately time is not much of a constraint. I also want to do the whole Manaus and Amazon thing. Not sure though since I do not have my yellow fever papers on me. Nor am I really much prepared luggage wise. I also want to go to Salvador but it is a bit out of the way. It seems my best bet for this is to get a RT flight from Rio for this. I would also like to visit Fordlandia. The place just outside of the city Santarem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordl%C3%A2ndia Thanks! Nostalgia4Dogges fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Sep 21, 2009 |
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DustingDuvet posted:Update please! Let me live through you while I am stuck in North America for the next 3 months. Heh. Went to Iguazu Falls from Flora on the Argentinian side. Then to Buenos Aires. There is a lot of other places I could have gone but I want to get back to Rio to settle in one spot and start my volunteering. I also did 2 nights in Colonia, Uruguay, from BA. I took a flight to Sao Paulo which connected in Montevideo. Which I wish I stayed at. It was quite a bit cheaper than flying to Rio so I figured I would head this way. I am going to bus it back to Rio. I want to go to Paraty and Ilha grande but everything there is centered around good weather. Which it does not seem to have anytime soon. Flora was cool when I went but the weather sucked so it kind of took out a lot of fun. So yeah. Back to Rio probably by this weekend. tektronic posted:Still reading through this thread but how safe is Columbia? Would a 22 year old white solo backpacker be reasonably safe? From what I have gathered from a lot of travelers is that it is a lot safer than you would think and the neighboring SA countries are probably much worst. A lot of people told me it was their favorite destination
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I'm not going to bother reading a lot of this since I can't travel anymore and it's depressing  But if you have any questions about my travels to Brazil (Rio, Florianópolis, and Sao Paulo, Uruguay (Colonia), or Argentina (Puerto Iguazu - Iguazu Falls, Buenos Aires) I'll be glad to throw in my experiences. I stayed in Rio for 2 months living in Copacabana and volunteered at the favela Rocinha for a bit and trained Jiu Jitsu. Here's the thread I made http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=0&threadid=3226525&pagenumber=1#pti20 Nostalgia4Dogges fucked around with this message at 20:45 on Jun 23, 2012 |
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Uruguay is awesome and definently worth the visit. I was very impressed by the place. It's a bit colder than the nearby countries I found, though. Depending on the time of the year that won't matter. Plus it's small.
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