On February 10 Dee and I are leaving for Argentina, Uraguay and Chile for 4 weeks. When I arrive I will get a new SIM and for my phone that I hope will be good for all three countries but especially for Uraguay since i will need GPS in the rental car. This means my regular phone number won’t work. I do have What’sAp so I can make calls to other What’sApp people that we know. WI-Fi is so prevalent that making Whatsapp calls is very easy and typically have FaceTime video. If you want to contact us please use [email protected]

It’s going to be one of the best trips we have ever gone on.

Here is a brief itinerary in case you want to follow where we are. When I post with photos I will identify where we are that day. We fly from Columbus to Dallas then fly non stop 13 hours to Buenos Aires. We have our elastic compression socks at the ready.

February 11 – Arrive Buenos Aires in the morning.

February 12-13 We will be in Buenos Aires but will fly to Iguazu Falls on the 13th

February 13-16 We will be at Iguazu Falls on the Argentina (ar- hen- teena). side of the falls.

February 16-18 Back to Buenos Aires and fly to Montevideo, Uraguay (oo-roo-gway with the “r”trilled as only the Spanish speaker can do)on the 18th.

February 18-25. We will be driving from Montevideo to Punta del Este (point of the East or eastern point) where we have a house near the beach rented. My recollection of the house is that it is very eclectic so look forward to some pictures of where we are staying. In researching Punta del Este it is called the Miami Beach of South America.

February 25 Return to Buenos Aires then meet up with th G-Adventiure tour group on February 26 to start our 14 day tour.

February 27 – Fly from Buenos Aires to San Carlos de Bariloche in Southeastern. Argentina

February 28 San Carlos de Bariloche

March 1 San Carlos de Bariloche to Puerto Varas, Chile ( chee-lay) taking a boat and buses through several lakes. Travel time is 11-12 hours total. The scenery is spectacular here. It’s called the Lakes Crossing.

March 2-3 Puerto Varas then on March 3 leave for Torres Paine National Park

March 3-5 Torres Paine National Park then leave on March 5 for El Calafate

March 5-7 El Calafate then leave on March 7 for Ushuaia (oos-way-ya). Ushuaia is near the southern most tip of Argentina

March 8 Catamaran sailing trip from Ushuaia

March 9 leave for Buenos Aires and then depart for USA on March 11