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Top 25 Things to Do in Central & South America

Friends, travelers, countrymen, lend me your ear: It is time to crown the Top 25 Things to Do in Central & South America in 2008. Each year the staff here at Viator compile a lists of the top-rated things to do in each of the regions we cover. Now it’s time to crown the 2008 winners, the top 25 things to do in Central & South America based on the actual travel choices made by thousands of travelers over on Viator.com.

Stay tuned, because this list is just the first of many top 25 lists (no kidding: we’re going list crazy again this year!) we are publishing as 2008 comes to a close. Stay tuned in the coming days for the Top 25 in Europe, the Caribbean, Asia, Australia-Pacific, USA & North America and the Middle East & Africa. And as always, we’ll

Paid for a permit that's no good

Christopher ElliottTravel columnist• Profile• E-mailQ: I paid $15 for an International Driving Permit from AAA for a recent trip to Grenada. According to the travel agency, it should have been recognized as a valid document for driving. Unfortunately, when I arrived in Grenada, I was required to purchase a Grenadian driving permit because they wouldn't honor the AAA document.

I asked AAA why the document wasn't honored and why I was required to shell out extra money. I just want to know why the document wasn't sufficient, an explanation about why its records wouldn't reflect changes in Grenadian driving requirements and an assurance that other travelers wouldn't encounter the same problem.

It's been a symphony of delays and buck-p