AT LAST - A CONFIRMED ITINERARY

Oct. 28 Depart Edmonton for San Diego
Oct. 31 Board Vandeem
Nov. 1 Lynne's Birthday
Nov. 2 Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Nov. 4 Xihuatanejo
Nov. 5 Acapulco
Nov. 6 Huatulco
Nov. 7 Puero Quezal, Guatamala
Nov. 8 Corinto, Nicaragua
Nov. 9 Puerto Calder, Costa Rica
Nov. 11 Manta, Ecuador
Nov. 13 Salaverry, Peru
Nov. 14 & 15 Lima
Nov. 18 Coquimbo, Chile
Nov. 19 Valparaiso
Nov. 21 Puero Mont
Nov. 24 Punta Arenas
Nov. 25 Ushuaia, Argentina
Nov. 27 Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
Nov. 30, Montevideo, Uruguay
Dec. 1&2, Buenos Airies, Argentina
Dec. 5 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dec. 8-12 Maunus (Amazon River Cruise)
Dec. 14-16 Iguazu Falls, Argentina/Brazil
Dec. 20-27 Buzios, Brazil
Dec. 27-Jan 2 New Year Revels in Rio
Jan. 3 Depart for Lima
Jan 4-10 Machu Picchu, Inca Trail, Lake Titacaca
Jan 10-31 rental apartment in Lima
Feb. 1 Fly Home (broke but happy)

And from a hill, a mountain grew!

We started off with a great deal on a 5 week cruise! So how did it grow into a three month expedition?

When Barb redid her bathroom, she decided she might as well do her half bath and then she might as well do her kitchen backsplash. Lynne said if we are going to Rio de Janeiro, we might as well do Maunus, and we might as well do Iguazzu Falls and might as well go to Buzios too. Barb said we might as well do New Year's in Rio. So our stay in Brazil expanded from one week to a month.

Since we ran into problems doing Machu Pichu off the ship, we decided to do Peru after Brazil - and since it was January, we might as well stay there until the end of the month! Who wants to be in Edmonton in January if one can avoid it?

So here we are - booked, Visad, innoculated and starting to get excited.