"Harry" wrote in message
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> "Howard" wrote in message
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> > "Robert Miller" wrote in message
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> >> I'm looking for an interesting way to go to Brazil and perhaps save
some
> >> money. I saw a
> >> t.v. show where some Brits boarded passage on a cargo ship to Bermuda
and
> >> other islands.
> >> While in port onloading Banana's or other cargo these Brits had a few
> > hours
> >> to a day to see
> >> the sights. I can get to Miami Florida or Gulfport Mississippi. Two
of
> > the
> >> largest ports on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
> >>
> >>
> >> Robert Miller
> >
> > Robert, If you can "get to Miami", its amazingly cheap to get to South
> > America from there. Cheapest way I ever found was to fly to Colombia,
thru
> > San Andres Island, a Colombian posession in the Caribbean.Fly
> > internationally to SAI, then nationally to the Colombian mainland. Then
go
> > overland to Brazil via the Amazon, from Iquitos,Peru. That should be
> > "interesting" enough for ya. Good luck, Howard
> >
>
> Howard,
>
> Maybe I'm not reading your correctly, but I thought there were no direct
> flights from Miami to San Andres. You have to go throough the mainland or
> Panama.
Harry, Its quite possible that your info is more current than mine. I'd have
to check schedules for flights put of Miami to SAI. But I'd still guess that
flying into Colombia from Miami is a pretty cheap way to get to South
America.And yes, there are still banana boats that make the run between the
two.....Howard
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