I'm itching to take a trip. Where do you recommend I go?

7/19/2008 9:13:36 PM

on a boat so you can see the flying sharks

[Edited on July 19, 2008 at 9:18 PM. Reason : oh shit you said south america, i thought you said south africa]

7/19/2008 9:14:06 PM

i was confused

7/19/2008 9:23:28 PM

Chile and Argentina

7/19/2008 9:24:01 PM

If you azn,hit up colombia. My boy saying they love azn guys.

7/19/2008 9:32:23 PM

^^why?

^nope

7/19/2008 9:41:40 PM

I really liked the smaller beach communities outside of Rio...

I've never been to Chile but I'd like to...

Why Brazil? It's awesome.. the locals are really cool and outgoing, the beaches are amazing (hottest women on earth) and there is TONS of stuff to do...

[Edited on July 19, 2008 at 9:49 PM. Reason : x]

7/19/2008 9:45:32 PM

ok people you have to add a "why" to your suggestions...

7/19/2008 9:47:30 PM

I'd like to go down there next year maybe. Thinking Peru to see the Machu Picchu Inca ruins:

7/19/2008 9:52:06 PM

montevideo, santiago, buenos aires

7/19/2008 10:55:49 PM

I was thinking Argentina or possibly Brazil. Anyone been to either besides ^?

7/20/2008 12:02:33 PM

guyana

7/20/2008 1:06:05 PM

^

thats awesome

my sister is going to Peru for a year. I might go visit her.

*add to my topics*

7/20/2008 1:08:37 PM

definitely try and make it to the Galapagos. I took a cruise from Ecuador and it's totally worth it

7/20/2008 1:08:55 PM

Machu Picchu has to be badass

7/20/2008 1:16:18 PM

Macchu Picchu is one of the only things I've ever seen that exceeded all expectations.

It is huge. It is beautiful, it is interesting, and it is just all-around mind-blowing.

I spent some time in Peru and it's got a lot going for it. There's variety of landscape, a favorable exchange rate, and a relatively low chance of getting kidnapped or murdered. Cuzco is a very nice town that is surprisingly not very tourist-oriented (no fast food there, as opposed to in Lima).

Speaking of Lima, though, it may well be the anus of the Western Hemisphere. It is perpetually gray. The city is unattractive, and it is crawling with beggars and prostitutes. The only really neat place I found there was Larcomar, which is definitely the neatest shopping center I've ever seen -- but that ain't enough to make the city worth visiting.

But, if you just use Lima as a place to change planes for Cuzco, or maybe Trujillo if you prefer straight-up jungle, there's a lot of fun to be had there.

7/20/2008 1:27:17 PM

I'd definitely get over to Peru if you could - Machu Picchu was the most amazing thing I've ever seen. It's even better if you can hike the Inca trail up to it.

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"Speaking of Lima, though, it may well be the anus of the Western Hemisphere. It is perpetually gray."

While Lima isn't my favorite place, I thought the fog was only there in the winter (our summer). The summer months down there are supposedly beautiful.

7/20/2008 1:31:44 PM

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"I thought the fog was only there in the winter (our summer)."

This is true.

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"The summer months down there are supposedly beautiful."

This is not.

The more the sun's out, the more easy it is to see how dilapidated and run-down the city is.

7/20/2008 1:34:04 PM

I see - I was only down there during the winter, so I experienced the fog AND dilapidation


Cuzco is much, much better.

7/20/2008 1:37:43 PM

So Peru is good? How much does stuff cost there?

7/20/2008 2:39:48 PM

columbia, just watch out for the kidnappers.

7/20/2008 2:42:42 PM

MACCHU PICCHU

7/20/2008 2:52:18 PM

You really should see Patagonia. It is where I want to go more than any place on the planet. The landscape is unbelievable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonia





But really, wherever you decide to go I don't think you will be disappointed.

[Edited on July 20, 2008 at 2:59 PM. Reason : df]

7/20/2008 2:57:13 PM

wow that does really look cool. I think it would be cool to backpack through something like that.

7/21/2008 7:49:08 AM

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"So Peru is good? How much does stuff cost there?"

Generally not very much. It's a little more than three Soles to the dollar, and even by that standard shit is cheap. You can get a pretty solid meal most places for 10-15 soles (3-5 dollars), drinks are usually pretty cheap, and transportation is incredibly so. You can get all over town by taxi or microbus for a few bucks.

There are those places that will try to screw you if you're a tourist. Speaking Spanish to them normally gives you some credibility that makes them come down a little, and in a lot of places (especially outside of Lima), you can haggle.

Within Lima itself, the "black markets" (which are just big malls selling shit that's technically illegal, but when the police aren't shopping there they're guarding the place, and it even has ATMs) are good to get cheap shit to bring back home, especially DVD's. I bought Star Wars III and Batman Begins in English the day after each came out, high quality and pretty much indistinguishable from legit DVD's except for poor translation on the box cover. Each one cost about $2.50 after a quick haggle.

7/22/2008 10:21:34 PM

definitely bring some coke back from peru

just ignore the dogs in the airport, they're for blind people

7/22/2008 10:23:45 PM

Go here before they shut it down for tourism.

7/22/2008 10:29:11 PM

If I could speak Spanish I would go to Argentina, so I could see the Super Classico (Boca Juniors vs River Plate). For some reason that along with the FIFA World Cup, and Celtic vs Rangers is on my to do before I die list.

7/22/2008 10:31:18 PM

Peru

7/22/2008 10:31:34 PM

Yeah, I'm leaning towards Peru. I've been hearing a lot of good things about it.

7/23/2008 2:16:59 PM