Argentina, Uruguay & Brazil
What a trip this was in 2014! Â We started in Buenos Aires &Â stayed in a central hotel that was walkable to several tourist sites and to Buquebus -- the ferry that takes you to Uruguay! Buenos Aires is a European type city with great food & culture! We were only there a week but saw a lot -- including Evita's tomb, tango in the streets and did I mention great food like steaks & believe it or not pizza!!!
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After Argentina, we were off to Uruguay. We only stayed for 2 nights in Montevideo but it was such a nice town! Not a whole heck of a lot to see or do -- but eating was fantastic & there were antique outdoor flea markets! I walked away with a 1943 Movado watch and a gold ring with an aquamarine stone for $100 which supposedly belonged to a former UN diplomat! My husband bought a sword made of whale bone and recycled furniture bits! Â
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After Uruguay we made our way back to Buenos Aires for a night then headed to Iguazu and saw the falls from the Argentinian side! Only there for 2 nights but again --what fun & culture! Bought great wood/silver items for our home, experienced a crazy wind storm and saw some interesting animals out in nature like the Coati!
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After Iguazu we caught a flight to Rio and pretty much relaxed on the beaches of Copacabana while taking in some tourist sites along the way! A great trip with a few pitfalls here and there but if I had to do it again -- I'd only change our hotel in Iguazu b/c it was not central enough to the main part of town although it was a great place to stay that I would recommend if you want to be away from the action!
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We saved money on hotels by booking thru online hotel sites and in Rio we rented an apartment!
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Flights were all thru LAN Airlines -- and the rest of the money was spent on entrance tickets, food & shopping!
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Total spent on hotels, flights & etc: $4500