El Sur: Travel Guide to South America

A common question is whether one should take traveller’s cheques on a trip. In South America, traveller’s cheques are very inconvenient. They are difficult to cash. You usually can only do so in a bank and it often takes a lot of paperwork. You may feel secure with one or two traveller’s cheques as a [...]

There seems to be two forms of travelers: those who move from place to place every few days taking in as many sights as possible and those who linger in one place for a much longer period.
The ones on the go tend to be those new to foreign travel. It’s very tempting to want [...]