Smiling Sam

Post 5 October 22nd In the morning we did a city tour, stopping at Plaza de Mayo, location of the palace made famous in the movie Evita. We visited the Cathedral of Buenos Aires while at the Plaza. N… (View Post)

Post 4 October 21st We departed the hotel about 7:30AM for a bus ride to the Argentina side of the falls. New procedures at the border started today, so the transit wasn’t as smooth as normal Tauck c… (View Post)

Post 3 October 20th Two excursions were offered: 1) a helicopter ride over and the falls and a visit to a bird sanctuary, 2) a boat ride up the river to the falls, getting very close to the falls. Un… (View Post)

Post 2 October 18th We departed at 6:40AM so that we could get to our assigned time for the Corcovado train ride up to Christ the Redeemer. Upon arrival we discovered that there at been trees toppled… (View Post)

MCD - 7 of 16 stayed at least one extra day in Santiago. One couple that stayed 2 days did a trip to Valparaiso. One couple did a private city tour of Santiago and they said they enjoyed it. We were … (View Post)