Originally Posted by somnambulant
cool.. thanks for the tips guys!
ps. It's mine and the lady's 10 year anniversary in January, hence the trip plans.
if you want to go a little further south i'd recomend argentina any day (as you may know). perhaps not as dirt cheap as some other spots in south america but nicely civilized, not americanized, no real annoying tourist culutre to speak of and nice and hot in january.