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Antigua. Guatemala--There are about 60 Spanish Schools in town and they are full of students in their 20's and 30's. Most are backpackers...

Both have their good & bad points. I prefer Guatemala myself but on the other hand CR is the only place I've visited where someone offered...

Not difficult to get bus to Arequipa where you can set up Colca Canyon Tour. Actually i think that someone recently posted how to get a bus...

Money belts really are belts--they are not those pouches that you wear under your clothes. Always travel with cash. Usually some in money...

Latest on Flights--It is $100 cheaper to fly NYC to Lima to La Paz than to fly NYC to Lima.

Pretty sure we don't have Facebook in Pennsylvania but I'll check....

SAE website claims that rail services in Peru are being delayed by landslides. They say some tourists to MP have had to stay over nite in...

Antigua, Guatemala is one of those places that all backpackers seem to go thru while traveling Central and South America. While sitting...

Anyone see the movie Mi Chacra? SAE is going to show it in Cusco. Movie is a Documentary about a porter on the Inca Trail....

Peru is very easy to travel in. Great buses and great guides. They see a lot of tourists and everyone will go out of their way to help you....

On our first trip to Peru, we really over estimated what we could do in 3 weeks. Peru is BIG and the mountains can make travel verty time...

Right now it is the same price for me to fly into Lima or into La Paz, Bolivia. Seems like it would be better to fly into Bolivia and then...

Hard to beat feeling a snake slither across your foot in the dark--wear flip flops or sandles to get the best sense of touch..It will...

The only Spanish I know is how to say, "I want to buy an AK-47" and "I am the God of the Armadillos"...

Those 8 guys were there to scare rabbit people into hiring guides. Lots of people do the climb without guides--after all you just follow...