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ABC - island hopping
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, Apr 30, 2013
(I'm posting the same message in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao forums, just in case.)

I'll probab...

ABC for three weeks
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Caribbean, Apr 30, 2013
(I'm posting the same message in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao forums, just in case.)

I'll probab...

RE: Car hire - few basic questions
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Apr 12, 2013
See one of my posts from last summer about a 4x4 rental company: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thor...

Re: Rwanda - keeping transportation costs down?
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Jan 10, 2013
All drivers/tour operators will be somewhat expensive. As others said, public transportation is q...

Re: Mbale
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Jan 10, 2013
Mt Elgon View hotel (not to be confused with Mount Elgon Hotel & Spa), on Cathedral street, a sho...

RE: going to Uganda or Rwanda for studies
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Jan 10, 2013
Rwanda is certainly safer than Uganda, with people driving much more cautiously, moto-taxi driver...

RE: 6 night trip to Montreal/Quebec City in late December?
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Canada, Jan 5, 2013
Sounds like you have a good base plan. I second what ref_traveller said on the time spent in both...

RE: Backpacking Uganda
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Jan 7, 2013
I second bigal1 about the Bradt (I found the LP guide very disappointing, especially for Rwanda)....

RE: Toronto-Montreal-Quebec City-Boston-NYC
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Canada, Jan 3, 2013
Note that MEC has recently opened a (smaller, urban-oriented) [store in downtown Montréal|http:/...

RE: uganda on the road
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Jan 31, 2013
Would you consider renting a vehicle? It would be much easier to get to the national parks and ot...

RE: Visit to Isle of Skye
in Departure Lounge » Europe - UK & Ireland, Mar 6, 2013
I was on the Isle of Skye 6 years ago, so that's a long time... But I had no problem getting ther...

RE: Accomodations in Gisenyi
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Jan 31, 2013
Paradis Malahide, on the Rubona peninsula about 7 km outside of Gisenyi is a favourite amoung tou...

RE: Ugandan visa at Rwandan border
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Jan 31, 2013
Just wanted to write the final update on this one. Canadians as well can cross the border from Rw...

RE: NW Highlands
in Departure Lounge » Europe - UK & Ireland, Mar 6, 2013
I highly recommend Lewis. Great people, great scenery, and not so many tourists (but there are so...

RE: Money in Rwanda
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Jan 31, 2013
ATMs are everywhere in (relatively) big towns : Kigali, Gisenyi (Rubavu), Huye, Musanze. I had so...

RE: Cykling through Queen Elizabeth National Park
in Departure Lounge » Africa, Jan 31, 2013
Precisely on the Katunguru-Ishasha road, a few weeks ago, I met two guys cycling through Africa (...

Re: Opinion on a 14 days itinerary - Quebec
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Canada, Mar 18, 2013
I am kind of a slow traveller and don't like to rush into things, so I might look like a party po...

RE: Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh? Help with itinerary!
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus, Mar 28, 2013

RE: Tadoussac to Îles de la Madeleine
in Departure Lounge » Americas - Canada, Mar 18, 2013
With only two weeks, I doubt you will have time to do anything you have listed besides moving fro...

RE: How does driving in Armenia compare to somewhere like Romania?
in Departure Lounge » Europe - Eastern Europe & the Caucasus, Mar 27, 2013
I haven't driven myself, but travelled to those two countries by bus, minibus, car (hitchhiked, t...