Day 1 – Saturday, December 03, 2011 – Depart Denver, CO; Transfer in Atlanta, GA; Flight to Santiago, Chile The snow began at midnight and by the time we woke up at 5:30 to check the weather we had horizontal snow and at least six inches of the white stuff on the ground already. We went out as soon as it was light to plow and shovel and by 7:45 we had made a path to the road. By ...
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Day 02 - Sunday, December 04, 2011 - Flight into Santiago, Chile; Transfer to Montevideo, Uruguay; Transfer to the Balmoral Plaza Hotel; Explore El Centro As soon as we landed in Santiago we were rushed through the in-transit lines, security, and then on to the gate area at the terminal. Although we still had our $100 required stamps from our 2007 trip to Chile, we did not have to ...
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Day 03 - Monday, December 05, 2011 – City Tour of Montevideo, Uruguay Monday in Montevideo – what a beautiful spring day! We met Bob & Susan for breakfast in the hotel and then we made arrangements for sightseeing tours for our two whole days in Uruguay. The tour companies preferred cash so Bob and I went across the street to a bank to get Uruguayan Pesos. There was a problem ...
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Day 04 - Tuesday, December 06, 2011 - Montevideo, Day Trip to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay We met Bob & Susan for breakfast at 7:30 and then at 8:30 we met our local tour company for a day trip to Colonia del Sacramento. As this was very reputable company used by many hotels, we were picked up by our driver Daniel and rode in a large tour bus with about 30 other people from ...
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Day 05 - Wednesday, December 07, 2011 - Montevideo, Day Trip to Cerro San Antonio, Piriápolis, Punta del Este, Uruguay This morning when we checked our mail and looked at the weather at home in Monument, CO we saw that it was still cold and snowy. Our day in Montevideo began with 71°, clear blue skies, and sunshine. The guide from LB Tours, Lillian and our driver Mario picked us ...
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Day 06 - Thursday, December 08, 2011 - Morning in Montevideo, Uruguay; Flight to São Paulo, Brasil Today was a travel day and thankfully we had a midday flight. We had plenty of time to get ready, pack, and have a leisurely breakfast. Tamara, the Brendan Tour Company representatives picked us up at the hotel and we made the trip to the airport in about thirty minutes. As we had ...
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