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Great Beaches

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Personal experiences & helpfull hints Buenos Aires

85 Reviews strong warning the companies and services provided follow the clever and corrupt ways the Argentines pride themselves on. my personal expenses to repair the damage two individuals caused (and take...

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Plaza Mayor And Surroundings Lima

11 Reviews This square was located in the historic center of Lima. The monument in the middle was commissioned by the Peruvian government to commemorate the Battle of Callao which occurred on May 2, 1866 between...

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Main Square Cusco

7 Reviews When exiting the bus station doors you will immediately be bombarded with taxistas, local taxi drivers, offering you the “best” rates to the center of town. Whether you are at an airport or bus...

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Parks and nature São Paulo

13 Reviews Despite being an ocean of concrete, São Paulo is filled with majestic trees and large green spaces. Many of its streets, particularly in the Jardins district, are lined with trees. When I visited in...

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Money Changing Bogotá

7 Reviews We went into the hostel, got our room and once inside I sorted through the money and realized I had given him 50,000 too much! A queasy feeling came over me. I'm not used to being on the short end...

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Cerro San Cristobal Santiago

3 Reviews Located right in the middle of downtown Santiago, the Cerro Santa Lucía is a nice walk and retreat all the year round, as well as a good lookout for the city; its limits are the Alameda, and...

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Timing / Weather Machu Picchu

8 Reviews Hopefully, it won't be raining when you see the ruins of Machu Picchu -- so you better plan for it! I visited late April and the weather was purrrrfect! The recommended time by most experts is...

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Description / Views Caracas

4 Reviews Just getting out and wandering around Caracas is worthwhile. While the city is a bit grubby and smoggy, it does provide the visitor with the experience of visiting a typical Lantin American city....

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General Information La Paz

16 Reviews This beautiful and very historical church is located in the middle of la paz avenida mariscal santa cruz. close ot the touristic avenue, sagarnaga. This church was built in 1549 by the Franciscans....

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THE BLACK RIVER..... Rio Negro Manaus

8 Reviews staying up late, the smell of the Jungle, the noises strange but intriguing. the Sunsets and Sunrise...sometimes the bloody Mosquitos ruined everything they are the real killers on the Amazon and the...

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Plaza de Mayo, Goverment House, el Cabildo The Cathedral, etc. Buenos Aires

18 Reviews Among Casa Rosada located in plaza de Mayo and Puerto Madero this huge square split in two areas this part of the city... its a crowded area with lot of traffic in each direction ,,be careful crossing...

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District Of Miraflores Lima

6 Reviews I was in Lima last year and we had blue skies for about 5 months before the typical fog appeared. I heard many people came to Lima for plastic surgery...has anyone been/can recommend anywhere, out of...

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Sacred Valley Cusco

5 Reviews All around the Sacred Valley of Peru, you can still see terraces built during Inca times. Since these terraces continued to be useful after the fall of the Inca Empire in that they allowed cultivation...

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Avenida Paulista and business São Paulo

10 Reviews Sao Paulo stinks.!!! It's without a doubt one of the worst places to visit and live I've ever been to. IIf you HAVE to go there I'm sorry. Do it and get out quickly. feel extremely sorry for the...

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Securty Bogotá

1 Review Security in the old town of Bogota is quite visibel with security and police with different uniforms. I was taking the photo and they came and asked to see my passport. I told them I am a tourist and...

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Inca Trail Machu Picchu

14 Reviews Sunset from the Sun Gate. A place of immense energy. I travelled with a small group made up of people of different nationalities. Our guide, Fernando, was great. He had a genuine passion to everything...

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Interesting Tips Caracas

3 Reviews drink a lot of fruit juice. Almost every restaurant in Caracas serves fresh fruit juice of many different fruits. The usually offer strawberry, passion fruit, orange, watermelon, papaya, pineapple,...

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Plaza Murillo La Paz

5 Reviews Yeah, always is great to know the main square. this place is called Plaza Murillo. the name comes from a national hero that fought agains the spanish conquers. also, you`ll be able to see the...

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Rainforest Manaus

4 Reviews the Rainforest will surprise and dazzle you with it's Flora and Fauna. halfday or daytrips into the Rainforest can be booked in Manaus Tree Orchids I have seen in abundance, the finest Flowers one can...

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Monuments Buenos Aires

7 Reviews This flower like monument stands at the Plaza of the United Nations. I think this is one of the most unusual sculptures that I've seen. "Floralis Generica" by architect Eduardo Catalano is a gigantic...

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District Of Barranco Lima

5 Reviews I booked a hostel in the southern district of Barranco, so had some time to wander around this beautiful quarter. Built at the beginning of the 20th century, it soon became favourite place for...

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Touristic Ticket Cusco

3 Reviews One of the best deals in Cusco is a tourist ticket that gets you into 16 of the most important places of interest in and around Cusco, including some of the major draws in the Sacred Valley of the...

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X - Miscellaneous or not relevant São Paulo

21 Reviews Street names are a fascinating slice of culture. It is common, in São Paulo, to find that street names share a common theme. In the Jardins side of Paulista, several streets are named after cities in...

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Internet Bogotá

1 Review I had horrible memory of paying 5 USD per hour in Havana. Internet seemed like a luxury. Without browsing anywhere in Caracas, I browsed here again. It seemed cheap to me. In the old town there are...

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Information / Sources Machu Picchu

20 Reviews If you forgot to buy your entrance ticket to Machu Picchu prior to boarding the Consettur bus, there is an INC office at the gate entrance. Other places you can buy them are at Calle Bernardo in...

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A quick overview of Santiago de Chile

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do the cierro Santa Lucia, cerro San Cristobal, the mercado central for eating and history, great at night. the Cathedral, the plaza de armas, the fine arts museum, walk paseo Ahumada from plaza de armas. And do eat here Ocean Pacific the restaurant submarine, great. Used to go there every month for years as we had a branch in the city of my company.Enjoy Santiagohttp://www.oceanpacifics.cl/ walking from plaza de armas to paseo ahumada, and visiting cerro San Cristobal, then eating at Oceans pacific near my usual place b metro Los Leones.

When you come by CRUISE to Punta Arenas

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Should I book a guided tour onboard?or can I do sightseeing on my own ?In case that you have around 4-5 hours in Punta Arenas, you can do all sights of interest IN the city of Punta Arenas easily on your own, by taking a walk from the port, and within about 10 minutes you will see the first sights.As soon as you plan to explore the wider area around Punta Arenas, it will make sense to take the guided tours organized by the cruise-ships, even though they are mostly quite expensive !---I felt perfectely safe, when walking around in Punta Arenas !Everybody was friendly, no scams in the streets, no beggars, but of course it is still always best to be carefull, where-ever you go ! Be careful when booking a cruise to Punta Arenas : The pier of that port is too small for giant ships like M/S Infinity of Celebrity Cruises with 90.000 GRT.So they have to take you ashore by small tenderboats, a...

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When you come by CRUISE to Valparaiso

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Valparaiso is the 1st and / or last port of call for many cruises around South America and there are a lot of sights that you can do on your own easily by taking a walk.The ships will dock very close to the towncentre, BUT you still have to leave the port-area at the other side of the bay, about 2-3 km from your ship. That is for security reasons and only over there, the authorities are able to x-ray the passengers and their belongings.There is also NO way to WALK that distance in the port-area, you have to take one of the shuttle-buses, so make sure you get there in time and catch the last bus !Ascendores - thats the name of various funiculars taking you uphill to the upper parts of Valparaiso.

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When you come by CRUISE to Puerto Montt

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Should I book a guided tour onboard?or can I do sightseeing on my own ?In Puerto Montt the main tourist-sights are in quite some distance to the ship and Puerto Montt and so it eighter makes sense to book the tours onboard, OR, when you are daring enough, you could also take one of the many taxis waiting at the entrance to the port, and most of them have a perfect catalogue of tours they can offer you for a prefixed price !Share such a taxi with other passangers and you might save a lot of money, IF you are lucky to catch one of these taxis, because it might happen, that there are several cruiseships there at the same time with a total of 3000 or 4000 passangers and there might not be enough taxis there for everyone ! I came to Puerto Montt onboard the cruiseship "Celebrity Infinity", a ship of 90.000 GRT with 2000 passangers and 980 crewmembers onboard. The cruise was great in many...

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When you come by CRUISE to Montevideo

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What to see ? Should I book a guided tour ?Well, it depends on your expectations, BUT in Montevideo you will dock directely in the centre of town and an easy walk of just a few minutes will take you to the first tourist-sight .When walking to town dont miss to take a look at the anchor of the german WW II - battleship "Admiral Graf Spee" and when you are interested in a traditional tall ship, walk a little further behind the admiralty-building in order to see the sailing-school-ship of the army of Urugua.-------------------------------------------I felt perfectely safe, when walking around Montevideo !Everybody was friendly, no scams in the streets, almost no beggars, but of course it is still always best to be carefull, where-ever you go ! I came to Montevideo on a cruise onboard the Celebrity Infinity and I had made just a little walk of 3-4 hours because I still felt a bit of...

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International roaming or local SIM?

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I suppose it depends on how much you'll use your mobile phone in S America? I have international roaming but my MY service provider's roaming doesn't cover the countries I visited i.e. Argentina, Chile! So, you've gotta decide how much you'll use your mobile phone to decide which to go for - international roaming on your country's SIM or a local SIM card i.e. which would be more economical. Plus you need to find out if your home country service provider covers S America if you decide on international roaming.. Mind you, you should still be able to call/sms home on your country's SIM card even if it doesn't allow roaming within S America! Good luck! :-)

sao paulo safety

by rkearns

do you speak portuguese? it's good to learn some basic phrases.there are a lot of car hold-ups and car theft. there is a lot of crime, like in any large city. don't be flashy or carry a lot of cash. separate it out in case you are robbed. you will have it in different places.hopefully you are staying in a place that has security. sao paulo is a wonderfully huge, hard-working city with lovely people. but there is a lot of crime, especially at night. just be careful what you say to strangers. don't elude to having money. take the usual precausions; no stumbling drunk down unlit streets....

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money in south america

by rkearns

i would just bring a bit of cash, maybe $300 then use your debit card to take out cash. i don't know what bank you use, but the charge is usually cheaper than an exchange booth from my experience in south america. i went for about 5 weeks and i think all my withdraws were a total of $40 (i made a lot since i didn't want to carry around too much cash at once). wifi is available at most mcdonald's. they just give you a passcode and you can stay on something like 15 mins. your hotel or hostel prob. has it too. i bought the netbook for the exact same reason. so light and small! i don't know anything about how the iphone works. someone else can help with that. but another idea is to put money into your paypal account (or get one if you don't already have one). this saved my a** in brazil when i needed cash.

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Alvear Palace Buenos Aires

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Copacabana Palace Rio de Janeiro

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JW Marriott Hotel Lima Lima

7 Reviews and 413 Opinions We did not stay here, but it was pointed out to us as the hotel used for some of the VIPs that came...

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