Get South America Updates By E-mail

If you want to keep up to date with what's going on in South America, then you'll be interested in a new service from the South American Explorers Club.

The organisation, which has club houses in Quito (Ecuador) and Lima and Cuzco (Peru) and carries regular travellers' news on its web site has just started a mailing list to keep users in touch with the latest developments on the continent.

If you're travelling to South America, particularly the Andean countries, the SAEC is definitely worth a look. Apart from the web site, they also produce information packets on popular subjects, including the definitive 'How Not To Get Robbed In Peru', have a massive stock of information in their club houses and collate members' reports on alternative and not so alternative activities including a huge amount of stuff on trekking and climbing in the Andes.

Membership is 40 dollars US, which is a relatively small amount if you're out there for several months and gives access to the main attractions: comfy club houses with excellent chilling facilities...