South America, 2009/2010

Here's the deal.  I plan on going to South America from Gauley season to Gauley season, leaving October, 2009 and returning September, 2010 for Gauley season.  I plan on visiting about 12 countries spending about a month in most of these.  For each month, I will be picking a place to base, then go explore the area and rivers.  For the last week to ten days of that month (country) I will put together an itinerary of rivers for people to come and visit.  So pick a country or time period and come visit and play!

The Itinerary

Late October              Take a two week Spanish course in Ecuador

November                  Ecuador - probably base in Tena

December                  Peru - Maybe base in Cusco or possibly further south

January                     Bolivia - probably base in La Paz and probably visit Paraguay

February                   Chile - base at the Futalafu

March                       Argentina - probably base around Bariloche

April                         A month of travel, see Buenos Aires for a few days, quick visit to Uraguay, go to Iguaçu 

                               Falls,   then fly to Rio de Janeiro stay a few days, then a flight to Venezuala to stay a week, 

                               visiting Angel Falls.  At the end of the month fly to Panama

May                         Panama - base in David or Boquete

June                        A week in Costa Rica (only a week because I have been there 3 times), probably Jaco to visit 

                              Neil Kahn.  Then the rest of the month in Nicaragua, not sure where I will base.

July                         Honduras - base in La Ceiba

August                    Maybe a few days in El Salvador then Guatemala - base in Antigua