




SA-81/82 SOUTH AMERICA TRIP
Date of travel: Dec 10, 1981 – Jan 5, 1982
ITINERARY: Evening departure from Los Angeles (LAX) to COLOMBIA
(2.5 days: Bogota and trip to salt mines with “salt cathedral”), flight ECUADOR
(2 days: Quito, trip Avenue of Volcanoes, Ambato), flight PERU (4.5 days: Lima, flight Cusco, train to Machu Picchu, Cusco, flight Lima, ruins Pacha Camac), flight BOLIVIA (2 days: La Paz, bus trip Tiahuanaco and boat ride on Lake Titicaca), flight CHILE (3 days: Santiago, bus trip Valparaiso and Vina del Mar, Santiago flight Puerto Montt, by buses and boats over Andes) to ARGENTINA
(2.5 days: Bariloche, flight to Buenos Aires), flight to PARAGUAY (1 day: in Asuncion), flight BRAZIL (7.5 days: Iguacu Falls, flight Sao Paulo, flight Rio de Janeiro, flight Brasilia, flight to Manaus with a boat ride to confluence of Amazon and Rio Negro rivers), flight via Miami to Los Angeles.
Travel office: Globus (through May Company Travel)
Who took part: 33 travelers, trip leader from Globus and local guides
SA-05 South America cruise – Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Falkland Islands (UK), Chile and Peru
Date of travel: Nov 9, 2005 – Jan 4, 2006
ITINERARY:
In the morning on Nov 9 I drive in a rented car from Vista to Los Angeles airport. In the afternoon I fly with Varig Airlines from LAX more than 11 hours to Sao Paulo in BRAZIL. where early in the morning on Nov 10. Another plane takes me to Manaus on Rio Negro where early in the afternoon. There I board the ship Minerva II. for 8 weeks cruise around the South American continent.
On Nov 11 morning there is a sightseeing of Manaus. It is my third visit of this city. We see the Opera House and the market place designed by Gustav Eiffel. There is a boat ride to jungle and to the confluence of Rio Negro and the Amazon River in the afternoon. In the evening Minerva II. leaves Manaus for 1000 miles (1600 km) journey to the estuary of the Amazon River. Before we reach it, the ship stops at Parintins to see a beautiful Indian show. On Nov 13 there is another stop at Santarem. Here I take a trip to jungle. On Nov 15 at the estuary of the Amazon River we visit city of Belem.
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