haha, or you join me :) although i´ve never been to central/south america, it´s been on my list forever!
and yep. yours are certainly different.. nothing against the blogger with the next coolest cafe in paris, but personally i prefer the off-the-beathen-path ones, but then again - whats even off the path anymore these days?
I assume though that camping alone on an island and hitching a boat ride certainly is :)