Here's some reasons to go to Central and South America.......another one is the blog miles you can wring from it for years to come, i went in 2005 for a year and i saw so much that i'm still going on about it in 2009. Saw that Dan Cates went there recently and it gave me itchy feet to get back there sometime....in the meantime here's a load of links to South America stuff including Cate's blog and my clips and pictures.......

Cates in Ecuador video

Cate's Costa Rica blog

Cate's Latin America trip looks a bit like the one i did in 2005....the spots are all still there, not surprising though due to the abundance of concrete. Quito park is huge and the Tilawa hotel is just packed with lines. These spots are actually hundreds of miles apart but looking back it all seemed so close. I guess he will be heading to Lima sometime soon and there are some cool Cate's type spots there so looking forward to seeing what he makes of it all....
Here's a clip from Tilawa when i went there

Camped in the bowl at Tilawa

Hot all day and night by the lake

Fullpipe in Quito is massive.

Mancora is on the border between Ecuador and Peru, this is on a hill looking over the town.

Blending in with the locals in Peru.

Tilawa pics and review

Quito pics and review


Volcano smokin away in Nicaragua

More volcanoes in Guatemala

Cate's in Ecuador blog post


peru from Jono on Vimeo.