Post 11: Revisions thus far, and more plans by G

  

As June mentioned in the previous post, we have (as predicted) had to make changes to our original plan. This in essence adds 9 days to the beginning of our trip, throwing off where we would be for holidays and what not. The new schedule (which will be posted in detail soon) puts us in Peru for my birthday (Dec. 16th), Bolivia for Christ-mass and New Years, and our arrival in Brazil (at Iqazu Falls) will now coincide with Valentines Day. Due to our change of plans, we will also now be departing from Brazil (most likely through Manaus), thou we have considered departing from the Caribbean also.

$1400 saved! 

After the break - the (ever tentative) plans for Venezuela through Bolivia....

 Venezuela -

- Miami to Caracas to Los Roques (via boat,40km off the coast)

- Los Roques for 3 to 4 days, then back to Caracas

- from Caracas to Ciudad Bolivar / Canaima National Park / Angel Falls

- Return to Caracas after 4-5 days in Canaima National Park

Colombia -

- Fly from Caracas to Cartegena

- Cartegena / Santa Marta + Tayrona National Park (4 to 5 days for region)

- Fly from Cartegena to Periera (2 to 3 days)

- Periera to Bogota (for 3 or so days)

Ecuador -

- fly from Bogota to Quito (2 to 3 days, depending)

- Ride train from Quito to Guayaquil

(more plans to come for Ecuador)

Peru -

- Fly from Guayaquil to Lima

- Lima to Nazca Lines via bus

- Nazca Lines to Arequipa (3 - 4+ days for region)

- Arequipa to Puno, then right on the Bolivia side of Lago Titicaca

(possibly one other stop in Peru, time permitting, if not, added time to Bolivia)

Bolivia -

- Puno to the islands of Titicaca/Copacabana and La Paz

- La Paz + Yungas Road (Most Dangerous Road) (4 days-ish)

- La Paz to Cochabamba (1 to 2 days)

- Cochabamba to Sucre (1 or so days)

- Sucre to Petosi (base camp for trip to Uyuni)

- Petosi to Uyuni, then on into Chile

As for the other nations (which we have thusfar scantly researched), we have set the following as places to see -

Chile -

- Santiago

Argentina -

- Mendoza

- Buenos Aires

Uruguay -

- Montevideo

Paraguay -

- Asuncion

- Igacu Falls

Brazil

- Manaus

Thats all for now. More soon!

G