SouthCentral America TripMate Wanted:Jan-Jun2010

[Sylle]

Dear All,

I will be heading for Central and South America on my own in the middle of January for around 5 months.I'm female, 29, easygoing, friendly and honest.

Given that I have never travelled on my own in another continent and taking into account that some countries of South or Central America might be at times quite scary especially for a alone travelling girl(places like Brasil or Panama), for security reasons and to make the trip more fun together,I'm looking for a travel companion for this project or some part of it.It's always better to travel with somebody who has the same objectives as you...


Here are some details of my partially scheduled trip...
At first I would go from Europe to Mexico where I would stay around 3-4 weeks, as a next step I would take a tourist bus crossing all Central America up to Panama. Nevertheless,I would stop only in Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica and Panama (for those countries I assume to stay around 5 weeks as the are relatively small).From Panama City, I'll take a plane to Colombia where i'll stay 2 weeks.Right after I'll head to Peru and stay around 3-4 weeks, then take a bus to La Paz in Bolivia as it is quite close visiting its areas for 3 weeks and eventually leaving for Argentina and Brasil being my last destinations.For each of those countries I assign 1month time visit period (perhaps for Brasil less as it's lately became quite dangerous and I still am hesitating to go there if alone).

If you have similar project or you would like to make the part of my itineraire together, please feel free to drop a line on this forum.I'll be more than happy to give you any further details...

Looking forward to you responses

Sylvia

[TravellerSB]

Hey Sylvia,

I'm 30 and living in Dublin. Just got made redundant from a job I've been in forever so it's about time I did some proper travelling. I've done some before but I've never been to South America and all my friends say it's a must see....Your trip sounds good! Have you made any concrete plans? Booked anything yet? I have actually posted something up here too looking for someone to travel with. It's the thought of heading off on my own that I don't like....

I don't know if I would spent 3 months in SOuth America as I want to go to Western Australia and other countries too but I'd love to go to Central and South America. Maybe we could work something out!!

SB

[Sylle]

Hi SB,

Here is my final plan which differs a bit from the one that I posted over here. The reason being is that initially if I wanted to go from Mexico down to Brazil, however I figured out that the weather conditions wouldn`t be nice as you can find winter there during this time ofthe year.

I have eventually booked my flights which are in the following order:

17 January Dublin to Paris Paris to Buenos Aires
08 February Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro
28 February Sao Paolo to La Paz
16 March La Paz to Lima (want to postpone to 11th of March)
04 April Lima to Bogota
18 April BOgota to Mexico City
17 May Mexico City to Paris and back to Dublin

My trip in total will take 4 months...If I have still time and a budget I will reschedule my return flight to Europe and in one month will cross the countries of Central America and stop in Panama, Costa Rica ,Guatemala and Belize just before reaching Mexico

Feel free to drop me a line in private so we can discuss the details of the trip...Perhaps you would be interested to make the part of the voyage with me...

Looking forward to hearing from you

Sylvia

[sagito]

Hi Sylvia,

I am in Sao Paulo right now and will stay in Brazil until my return to the US in early March. I've travelled Brazil quite extensively and do not believe it is as dangerous as the press reports lead us to believe. Anyway, I'd be delighted to meet you in Sao Paulo or elsewhere while you are here. Also I'd be more than glad to give you hints about travelling in Brazil.

Best regards

Armando

[Seyoman]

Hi Sylvia,

I plan to do a 6-month trip from south to north Americas, starting in Brazil for New Year's Eve.
I send you more details in private message.

Yoann