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One Extreme Trip!

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tlmoose
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Feb 2012

We started our trip in Alaska (lat. 62N, -22F) and spent a week touring Cusco (11,000 ft altitude) and Machu Picchu before reaching the ship. With an apartment in Santiago's Providencia neighborhood, we had easy access to shopping and restaurants. Three days there allowed us to decompress and enjoy a bit of southern hemisphere summer.

Getting to Valparaiso was easy because I booked a wine tour with Al Ramirez's Boutique Wine Tours who I found through www.TourGuidesChile.com. (He designs his tours to meet your interests -- he recommended wineries specializing in white wines for us.) They picked us up in Santiago with a van big enough to handle the three of us plus our six bags. We visited two wineries (complete with tastings), had a picnic lunch on a patio next to the vineyards, and then they delivered us directly to our B&B in Valparaiso. In one of my e-mails I'd asked about touring Valparaiso, so Al himself stopped by after work to give us a walking tour of the old city. Now that's service. This was our best day in Chile!

Our B&B in Valparaiso was just up the hill from the port... we watched cargo operations Friday evening and woke Saturday morning to see two cruise ships. Check-in was a breeze even with 2 ships in port -- it took less than 15 minutes. You check in at the passenger terminal, then board a bus to the ship while your luggage goes onto a truck. For us it was funny to have to take a taxi into town only to be taken back to where we started.

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E728 has a double balcony; good storage (including room under the beds for suitcases); tubone negative - can have excessive noise when they are doing shows in the Vista Lounge

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