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The US has regulations about doing business with or in relation to Cuba. It means US airlines cannot generally operate to/from Cuba.
Yep, slightly off-topic but US Customs had no problem with us bringing Vegemite, coffee and gluten-free bickies into the country recently...
That's what we did on Silversea in the Arctic- saw the tour advertised then found we could book separately for about half the price and fly J (on AY who were very good) and have a "verandah" cabin which on the expedition ship is really a french balcony but it was great to be able to hang out and watch the ice cracking. Many on the CChoice tour were less than impressed with the tour guide as he seemed to do nothing. The young medic they had did more of the day to day stuff which should have been handled by the guide by the look of it.
Though that said, most did pretty well getting in and out of zodiacs and at least some did recognise their limitations and stayed on board if it was rough.
LOL - many times to make the message long enough!
I had a serious look at this a few years ago and initially was quite enthusiastic (for the F option of course!). They don't fly with a full plane to make it more comfortable and (from memory) no night flying. They also rotated seats so people didn't get the same seat for the whole tour, to make it fairer. What put me off in the end was the no of people - even with light loads you were still talking about hundreds of people. I don't like being herded round things... They did say they would break into "small" groups of 50 and rotate around attractions in a town, so that not everyone was at the same place at the same time. In the end I decided that some of the small group tours that Abercrombie and Kent organised sounded better for us for South America. South America is on the back burner for us at the moment as the next 2 trips are Tanzania/South Africa next year and Gallipoli 2015. then South America in 2016 or Silk Route by train (not that I plan years ahead.
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If you are ever planning a trip to Sth America, this itinerary really hits all the major highlights in Sth America. I've been to all these places bar Panama and Havana which I hope to visit next year. The only thing tho. the itinerary is somewhat rushed! Not sure if there is a side trip to the Galapagos Islands from Guayaquil but I suspect there probably is as you wouldn't normally spend 3 days in Guayaquil. You wil be suffering from a bit of sensory overload if you did all this on one itinerray tho., a bit like a grand European tour!!:shock:
