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I'm guessing you'll start in LA?

Look for Non Stop airfare, one-way, to Guatemala City, El Salvador or Managua. Could also look at Liberia and San Jose although surfing in Costa Rica will be more expensive.

Easy $35us shuttle, 5hr., from Antigua to El Tunco. The cheapest places for surfing will be Sal and Nica.

Easy to reverse these suggestions:

Surf along El Salvador coast, El Tunco and El Cuco then get a boat from La Union to Potosi and surf along the coast, the farther south, like SJDS, the more popular.

Once in Potosi head to Jiquilillo. It's remote but excellent surfing and miles of open desolate beaches, only a few places to stay http://rancho-esperanza.com/ has a nice set up, ignore the new age folks, unless of course you are one.
Las Penitas is another surf area, is more of a town with bars and restaurants. Both have natural reserves that are fun for kayaking and wildlife.
Both are close to the nice good size town of Leon, worth several days.

Into Volcanoes?

http://latortugaverde.com/ in El Cuco can help setting up a boat to Potosi. Good for lodging as well.

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Another boat outfit.

http://www.rutadelgolfo.com/routes/585/la-union-potosi

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I'm off to Peru in mid September for just over 3 weeks and would like to add La Paz, Boliva & Uyuni to visit the salt flats then across to Atacama desert in Chile then back up to Peru. I can start from Lima or Cusco but will fly back from Cusco. Just wondering if this is feasible in around 3 weeks. I'm a backpacker so not too expensive but don't mind spending money on flights if I must & not too costly.

Thinking of doing Peru hop or their itinerary on any buses Lima, Paracas, Huachina, Arequipa, Puno, Cusco to see Machu Picchu where will probably get the train or do a short walk & bus there. Bolivia would probably be La Paz & Uyuni going over to Chile to Atacama desert for couple days as looks amazing and near salt flats of Bolivia then up to Arica as sure won't have time for anywhere else in Chile. Is it best to leave Chile off this time or is this doable? Or some other places in Bolivia or Peru I should see I haven't thought of?

Bit worried it may be too much with the altitude & chance of sickness as read you should stay & relax in Cusco for 4 days before going to Machu Picchu. Is this the same if you get the train rather than hike & if visited other places of high altitude first? Any ideas would be helpful. Thank you

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This is partly copied from one of my posts in another topic... This is what I think you should do in the Sacred Valley:

Day 2 Crazy travelling. Sleeping in Ollantaytambo. Are you sure you can get from Sao Paolo to Ollantaytambo in one day? I doubt it.
Day 3 Visit ruins Ollanta (half day) + other activity of your choice (See Awamaki for options !. Sleep in Ollantaytambo.
Day 4 Take early train to Aguas Calientes, walk to museum, have a quick picnic lunch, take bus up to Machu Picchu. There, pay for a guide for 1,5 hours. Afterwards eat some fruit in a quiet place of the ruins (Don't leave garbage!). Walk around. Relax. Breath the air. Start taking pictures and enjoy the site emptying. Stay as late as possible. In Aguas Calientes have a small diner. Take a late train out of AC and sleep in Ollanta. This way you will have had 3 nights at an altitude of 2700 meters, preparing you better for Cuzco.
Day 5 Leave early for Cuzco with a private transport. On your way to Cuzco visit two are more of the following (choose a you like): Salinas, Moray, Maras, Chinchero. Should it be Sunday there is a market in Chinchero ;o). Overnight Cuzco.
Day 6 Take a transport (buses are perfect here!) to Pisac early morning. Have a not too late quick lunch in Pisac villagecenter. Track your way back to Cuzco visiting Tambomachay, Pukapukara, Q'enqo, Saqsaywamán. From Saqsaywamán walk down (always better when there's not much oxygen around) into Cuzco until the Plaza de Armas. Ask for directions. If you speak Spanish I can refer you to an excellent guide, one of the few I liked around Cuzco. Overnight Cuzco.
Day 7 Visit the Cuzco city center. Overnight Cuzco.
Day 8 You can do the InkaExpress bus direction Puno. A quick google tells me that the majority is not convinced you can get to Copacabana in one day.

On another note: Some of the people on this forum have been traveling for more than 10 years. I myself just in South-America have travelled for more than 12 years in a row (Not all the time ;o)), preparing everything very well in advance. When I was younger I went on extensive trips to Asia, Africa and the USA, all perfectly organized by a profesional travel agency with a guide and private transport. Even those trips (running from one place to another) don't compare to what you are planning.
Therefor, I still think that you are loading up too much in too little time, and that you are also missing beautiful things along the way. If you can or can't pull it off, and if you will be happy with pulling it off, only time will tell. I guess you will be traveling for some more years, so why not split up this trip? Okay, it's very far from India, but if traveling like that doesn't tire you, why would 35 hours in airplanes / airports bother you?

As for arranging some things by yourself: Take into account that people in Latin-America, by vast majority only speak Spanish (or Portuguese) and maybe an indigenous language. If you don't speak Spanish, this fact alone might make you lose time when traveling.
About SIM-cards: I guess the level of hotels you are staying at, will guarantee you WIFI. And I wonder, if you don't speak Spanish who would you be calling anyway? The off the beaten track places you are going in Bolivia won't have WIFI, and I doubt if they will have phone connections. Chili and Southern Argentina I don't know.

What airline are you taken to Sao Paolo? And with connections where? Really curious about that!

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Hello,
I am currently studying abroad in Santiago Chile and for spring break my friend and I are going to Manchu Picchu, we have already booked plane tickets to Arica as it was tremendously cheaper to fly within Chile and then cross over Tecna. We leave on a Sunday and arrive in Arica at around 2 in the afternoon, what is the fastest and most affordable way to get from Tecna to Cusco and then from there to Aguas Calientes, we have tickets for MP bought for Wednesday and booked a hostel in AG for Tuesday night, I am just trying to make sure we have the right amount of time to get from point A to point B.
Thanks so much

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