VISA documents and stuff

One of the good things about travelling in Latin-America is that (as far as I know) no country requires a VISA. All you need is your international passport. I'm flying via Miami so I got lucky to have a new one : since September 11th, US paranoia forces everybody entering the States to have a 'digital' (in the near future biometric!) passport. I noted down the addresses of the Belgian consulates abroad (just in case) and sent an email to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, notifying them about my travel plans. Their website has up to date travel guidance by country and more info about all required travel documents as well. Back home, the Postal services let me forward my mail to another address for 9 euro. In my case, my parents are keeping my checks and balances and paying all those nasty bills while I'm gone (isn't that great?). They also keep a copy of all the important documents, and have my travel schedule put up on their fridge (what can I say!).