South America articles

My friend Mary and I stayed at the Windsor Martinique Hotel (Rua Sá Ferreira 30, Copacabana CEP 22071-100, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; phone 55 21 2195 5200, fax 2195 5222), about a half-block off the Copacabana beach, March 22-24, 2010.

Chile-based LAN Airlines and TAM airlines of Brazil have agreed to a merger. The new company will be called LATAM. When the merger is complete, in April or June 2011, it will create the largest airline in South America, flying 241 aircraft to 115 destinations in 23 countries.

Drenched in Incan and Spanish history and culture, Lima, Peru, is an amazing place to visit, and the Plaza Mayor, with its Government Palace and cathedral, is a great starting point for a walking tour, as we found in November ’09. The architecture there is only one appeal.

A group of us decided to take the cruise “Brazil and Argentine Discovery,” offered by Holland America Line (HAL), March 11-25, 2010. Starting and ending in Rio de Janeiro, the Veendam would go as far south as Buenos Aires, with stops at several ports in Brazil and Uruguay.