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RE: Backpacking
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 19, 2013
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RE: Backpacking
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 19, 2013
Vitamin B12 is emphatically not an effective form of malaria prophylaxis - there is no hard, pu...

RE: Bus Strikes in Bolivia
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 19, 2013
No, not always, indeed. I heard about the airport thing and that was clearly ridiculous, and I wa...

RE: jungle flights in ecuador
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 19, 2013
Sounds tricky. Do plenty of research in advance - even if it were possible to access "native vill...

RE: jungle flights in ecuador
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 18, 2013
The overwhelming majority of visitors to the Oriente book their stay at a lodge in Quito, not i...

Re: Bus Strikes in Bolivia
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 18, 2013
It's a complex issue. Many blockades are due to industrial disputes, often involving mining (with...

RE: Pantanal or Esteros del Ibera?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 17, 2013
This is question with no clear answer. It depends on what you're looking for. I went to both (Ibe...

RE: Regarding Doxycycline in Bolivia/Peru - please respond ASAP
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 17, 2013
With the same disclaimer as joolz2, I agree. I've always taken it for 2 weeks following exit from...

Re: Water and weather
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 17, 2013
It's all very, very relative. Once, admiring the beautiful sight of a high mountain lake in the f...

Re: Torres del Paine last minute - an option?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 15, 2013
October is not high season but getting to the park and walking the W shouldn't be a problem. You ...

RE: Flying to Cuzco and afraid of mountain sickness
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 13, 2013
While I agree most people would share your views re. MP versus other ruins, I have to admit to fi...

Re: Peru/Bolivia - Puno? La Paz or neither?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 13, 2013
When you pack your things be aware that Puno and Cusco in December may be a little wet - it's not...

Re: Ushuaia - Budget accomodations?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 13, 2013
Well I think it is. So there.

Re: Two weeks in Colombia - my trip report
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 13, 2013
Glad you had a brilliant time - all the best to you and your wife for the future.

1. Ayahuasca...

RE: Machu Pichu trek options
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 12, 2013
Comfort trek? What's that?

Re: Info about road from COLCHANE to PUTRE/SAJAMA, and more
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 12, 2013
I think you are overestimating the infrastructure in this region. We are talking about inland Tar...

Re: Info about road from COLCHANE to PUTRE/SAJAMA, and more
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 12, 2013
Hi,

You are looking at a pretty remote part of Chile there. There is definitely a road which r...

RE: Northern Peru Itinerary
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 12, 2013
Cajamarca was back to normal before we'd even left Peru - so it was quite short lived. But yes, i...

RE: Flying to Cuzco and afraid of mountain sickness
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 12, 2013
Cusco is not at 3800 metres - it's at 3400 metres. Flying there and then spending 2 days before e...

RE: Rio for New Years
in Departure Lounge » Americas - South America, Jun 12, 2013
Ewww.

That is all.