South America:  March - April, 2012

Trip started with a week in Chile- Santiago and then Valparaiso on the coast. Took a bus over the Andes Mountains for a week in Mendoza, Argentina, the home of the world’s finest Malbec wines. Timing was just before the Wine Harvest festivals (enjoyed the experience without the tourists). After a few days in Buenos Aires, we boarded the Crystal Symphony for a sixteen day cruise to Rio de Janeiro, up the coast of Brazil and on to Miami with stops at the islands of Barbados and Grand Turk.