"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, Just checked Cheaptickets.com and it appears you're right. There are
no longer direct flights available from Miami to SAI.......you have to go
through Bog or Cartagena......Howard
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