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  1. ban_janti_return avatar

    RE: Is $500 a month: realistic budget in Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay and Ecuador?

    by ban_janti_return 20 May 2012

    Another good place is Sucre in Bolivia and $750 will be more than enough. I'm speaking about travelling budget, when most is eaten by…

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    RE: Eighteen Year Old Girl in Thailand... Alone?

    by Ruth_in_Canada 20 May 2012

    My 18 year old, who sounds a lot like you after reading your profile, is currently alone in Honduras. I'm fine with it. She just traveled…

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    RE: Is $500 a month: realistic budget in Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay and Ecuador?

    by yamthrower 20 May 2012

    Also spanish study will up your budget. A specific recommendation for being super cheap and studying spanish in Ecuador would be Otavalo…

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    RE: Is $500 a month: realistic budget in Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay and Ecuador?

    by ban_janti_return 20 May 2012

    Guidebooks are misleading, check tripadvisor, hostels websites and booking engines like hostelworld or hostelbookers. $5 for a private…

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    RE: Is $500 a month: realistic budget in Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay and Ecuador?

    by fowler9 20 May 2012

    Cheapest room we found in Bolivia was around the $7 mark for 2 people ($3.50 each). That was the cheapest of the cheap after much searching…

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    RE: Globetrotting

    by TopSportsman 20 May 2012

    There are places in the world where guesthouses and budget hotels are so inexpensive that hosteling is something that those on a budget…

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    RE: Stealing from the thief

    by tinaja 20 May 2012

    What part of Ecuador was she in?

  8. BonkingBoris avatar

    Globetrotting2

    by BonkingBoris 20 May 2012

    My longest trips so far. Backpacking Peru & Bolivia. 3 month. Backpacking Ecuador. 2 month.

  9. Ozziegiraffe avatar

    RE: Stealing from the thief

    by Ozziegiraffe 20 May 2012

    That's a disgusting scam. I think I will scratch Ecuador from my bucket list.

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    RE: Clean Air?

    by njoy 20 May 2012

    You are right, of course, but we have been to Ecuador and Singapore and were looking for something different. Just reading about the polluti…

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    RE: Is $500 a month: realistic budget in Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay and Ecuador?

    by forumuzer 20 May 2012

    Guide books say $5 for a room in some places. Has the price gone up? I was planning to rent somewhere long term to study Spanish. Is this…

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    Safety Female Traveling Solo ?

    by freebeckygee 20 May 2012

    Hi, I am planning on traveling Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia later this year. If there are any girls who have just done this, I…

  13. ban_janti_return avatar

    RE: Traveling with an iPhone in South America?

    by ban_janti_return 20 May 2012

    >Well, if you are okay with the 95% chance of it being stolen go for it. Bullshit, it happen to you, it doesn't have to happen to anybody…

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    RE: Is $500 a month: realistic budget in Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay and Ecuador?

    by ban_janti_return 20 May 2012

    If Mr Spock is not your close friend and he'll not beam you from one country to another it's not realistic at all. Bolivia is the only…

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    RE: Stealing from the thief

    by Ria 20 May 2012

    Good for her!!! I loved Ecuador. What a fab place, might have to dig out the albums to relive it.

  16. fowler9 avatar

    RE: Is $500 a month: realistic budget in Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay and Ecuador?

    by fowler9 19 May 2012

    I don't think its at all realistic in my humble opinion. Not unless you have mates in country who can point you in the right direction…

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    Re: Ecuador Visas-Tourism, Investment, Overstaying, Extensions, Status Change

    by Travel312 19 May 2012

    So my fiancee went to the immigration office today for me. It's official, as you said no fines will be paid since I arrived in Ecuador…

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    Re: Peru Itinerary help

    by adimi24 19 May 2012

    So I've narrowed it down quite a bit, to satisfy my parents and still do the main things that I wanted to do. Day 1: Fly to Lima, either…

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    Beaches closed in Peru

    by mermystique 19 May 2012

    I have just heard that the northern beaches in Peru (and also southern Ecuador) are closed. I am in Cuenca right now and had planned…

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    hummingbirds / a lodge or two.............

    by chrisdurn 19 May 2012

    Hi, My wife and I spent some time in Ecuador 10 year's ago during the Christmas holiday. Contemplating doing the same thing this year…

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    Re: Ecuador Visas-Tourism, Investment, Overstaying, Extensions, Status Change

    by Travel312 19 May 2012

    Thanks for the reply! I just saw your post. I entered Ecuador on May 6, 2010 and I'm leaving tomorrow, Sunday. I heard many different…

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    Re: Diving in coastal Ecuador

    by Bozol 19 May 2012

    Thanks. Yes, I'm on a ten month south america trip (1.5 to go) so have the time and desire.

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    RE: Is $500 a month: realistic budget in Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay and Ecuador?

    by yamthrower 19 May 2012

    Even in small towns camping spots are hard to find, it's not too common a way to travel this part of the world, and it's not really somethin…

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    RE: Clean Air?

    by WanderinWilco 19 May 2012

    Asia is very difficult because of rampant pollution. Must it be Asia? Ecuador and Peru (still pollution but in specific city areas) fit…

  25. forumuzer avatar

    RE: Is $500 a month: realistic budget in Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay and Ecuador?

    by forumuzer 19 May 2012

    yeh. the monuments etc seem extremely expensive these days. Are the cheap/ free camping places safe?

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