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Latin America 1987-1988

Started out with Declan for a bar-crawl from Mexico City to San Jose, Costa Rica picking up a bit of culture along the way. Spanish lessons in Antigua, Guatemala, were side-tracked by the nightlife and detrimental to our budget. We did contemplate the idea of travelling through Panama and Columbia overland, but bottled out in the end. Declan flew back to London via Venezuela in February '88 and I flew off to Quito, Ecuador. Travel was largely on buses, the odd train and boat trip and a few short flights. Everywhere we went we found friendly, welcoming people (but beware shysters in Belize City and watch your valuables in Cuzco and Rio!). A wealth of natural and historical treasures to explore. The South American Handbook was invaluable. Click here to access the blog which is being posted on the same days in 2021 and 2022 as they were in 1987 and 1988.

Mexico	Belize	Guatemala	Honduras
December 1987 1-2 Mexico City 3-5 Acapulco 6-7 Puerto Escondido 8-10 Puerto Angel 11-14 Oaxaca 15-16 San Cristobal de la Casas 17-18 Palenque 19-26 Merida 27 Chetumal	December 1987 28 Belize City 29-31 Placencia January 1988 1 Placencia 2 Punta Gorda	January 1988 3–4 Livingstone 5-6 Guatemala City 7-18 Antigua 19-20 Guatemala City 21-22 Chiquimula	January 1988 23 Copan 24 San Pedro Sula 25-26 Tegucigalpa
Nicaragua	Costa Rica
January 1988 27 Somoto 28-31 Managua February 1988 1 Rivas	February '88 2-3 San Jose 4-12 Montzuma 13-14 Santa Elena 15-17 San Jose 18-19 Manuel Antonio 20-22 San Jose
Ecuador	Peru	Bolivia	Chile
February 1988 23-28 Quito 29 Otovalo March 1988 1 Otavalo 2-3 Banos 4 Tungurahua Refugio 5-6 Banos 7 Misahualli 8-10 Coca 11 Overnight bus 12 Quito 13 Banos 14 Rio Bamba 15-18 Cuenca	March 1988 19 Tumbes 20 On bus 21-25 Huanchaco 26 On bus 27-30 Huaras 31 On coach April 1988 1-5 Lima 6-8 Cuzco 9 Runkuracay 10 Winay-Wayna 11 Aguas Calientes 12-13 Cuzco 14-15 Puno 16 Taquile Island 17 Puno	April 1988 18-21 La Paz 22-23 On train Skiied at Chacaltaya, the highest ski piste in the world at 5,300 metres above sea level.	April 1988 24 San Pedro 25 Calama 26 On bus 27-30 Santiago May 1988 1-6 Santiago
Argentina	Brasil	Venuzuela
May 1988 7 Mendoza 8 On train 9-11 Buenos Aires 12 On bus 13-14 Puerto Igazu	May 1988 15 Foz de Igazu 16 On bus 17-18 Sao Paulo 19 Parati 20-25 Rio de Janeiro 26 On bus 27-28 Ouro Preto 29 On bus 30 Brasilia 31 On bus June 1988 1 Cuiaba 2 On bus 3 Porto Velho 4-7 On boat on Amazon 8-14 Manaus 15 Boa Vista	June 1988 16 Santa Elena 17 Cuidad Bolivar 18-20 Caracas 21 On plane 22 Back in the UK