Beata and Tomek's Guestbook

Really enjoyed it
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Thanks for this blog
In our travel blog research before we went on our trip we heeded your warning and went to other islands instead of this one. We ran across a couple of people on our trip who told the same story as you.

A great metropolis
It is always good to enjoy civilization from time to time.

Wouldn't this be a great place to live?
It is very cool that travelers are fixing up the abandoned resort. Fascinating.

Maya Bay looks fantastic
Aways good to have an experienced boatman. You have such great photos!

peru & bolivia
Hi -- gud morning! It's my day off and it's snowing hard in Flagstaff!! I've been following your blog through South America cuz we are scheduled to go to Peru, Bolivia and Chile in this upcoming July > October! Thanks so much for the effort that you've been putting into this documentary!! It's been very informative. We'll be taking our 11 y.o. son Rumi with us on our trip! We did take him to India in '09 and he loved it very much! What kid wouldn't like waking up to his parents every morning for 2 months with now school to go to?? Anyway, I'd like to ask you if we need to take sleeping bags with us through Peru & Bolivia for the hotels?? It sounds like you are staying at about a similar economic level that we like to do when travelling so is it necessary to take sleeping bags or is the hotel's beds warm & clean enough?? We'll be travelling in their winter/dryer season but we do plan on spending a lot of time in Bolivia for sure. I liked your comments about being turned off by the over-the-top tourist trap in southern Peru...I've been in situations like that in certain places around the world and it certainly is a turn-off!! Anyway, keep safe and you have a place to stay here in Flagstaff, Arizona when you come through here!!

Peru - cheap, beautiful, and fascinating
Sorry your Peru experience has had some downsides, as a tourist being soaked for every penny. I did RTW in 2008-09 and spent a month in Peru. Not by plan - I was also planning to go to Bolivia for part of those 4 weeks, but fell in love, utterly and completely with Peru! There is so much to see, so much to learn, and so many beautiful, fascinating, inspiring, and completely humbling things to do and see, that the month I spent in Peru was not even close to enough! I was very busy, from Lima, Paracas islands, Nazca, Arequipa, Cuzco, Machu Pichu, Puno, lake Titicaca, Puerto Maldonado. One month flew by - it was only one leg of my RTW but definitely the highlight of South America.

Wow
And I had to join a long line in Sentosa Island to see one! (In captivity)

Rabies shots
I had to have those a while ago too, after I was mauled by a monkey in Thailand. - I have been wanting to go to Bolivia for years. I am not sure exactly when I am going to get around to it though. So many countries... It is the Andaman Islands for me, this year. :)