Two friends and I took a 10-day trip to Venezuela in December ’08. While our itinerary, which included visits to Caracas, Mérida and Canaima National Park, didn’t exhaust what Venezuela has to offer, we enjoyed our visit and some fine food and unique sights, especially at Canaima.
Arriving in Santiago, Chile, a day before embarking on a South American cruise on the Norwegian Sun in December ’08, my husband, Erwin, and I had only one day to see the city so we wanted to make the most of it.
I traveled from Santiago to Easter Island with my friend Teresa for a visit, March 13-17, 2009. What we learned may prove useful to others planning a visit.
My sister and I have traveled the world extensively for the past 25 years, including to several third-world countries, and have not personally encountered the same degree of crime as we did in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on a week’s visit starting July 3, 2009.
In Buenos Aires, Argentina, a new restaurant in Barrio Norte called Cilantro (Anchorena 1122; phone 11 4966 2941, e-mail cilantro1122 @gmail.com) is a welcome place to get interesting food beyond the much-touted beef and ubiquitous pizza places.
When we think of buses in Central or South America, we often think of old buses where people ride on the top. Well, our bus from Cusco to Puno, the Gateway to Lake Titicaca, was the Inca Express (office in Puno and Lima and at Av.
When my friend Nancy and I wanted to go on a bird-watching trip to Chile and Argentina, including Easter Island and Uruguay, we could find no tours going where we wanted, plus they spent too much time in the cities, so we set out to “do our own thing.” We had a great trip, Feb.
