South America Travelog 1997-1998

Air Tickets: I bought tickets (A)(B)(C)(D) from a travel agent “Saiyu Ryoko”.

• (A) UA discount ticket
• (B) Circuit Pacific by LanChile, which is normal ticket (US$1645)
  (A) and (B) conts 263,000 yen +10,000 yen (US Tax) US Tax costs 5000 yen x 2 because of entering US twice
• (C) Aero Peru discount ticket (US$150)
  19,000 yen
• (D) Visit Chile by LanChile ( US$250 )
  33,000 yen
• (E) UA Award ticket
  From Lihue to Honolulu, AQ230 was delayed, and got HA instead of AQ

(*) LanChile’s Visit Chile has different prices if you go to Santiago by LanChile or not.

(*) I booked Lima Sheraton, KonTiki Pacific, Kauai Beach Villa in Japan before travel, and others were not booked.

• It’s a very good travel. I felt this was a real travel, because of many years blank except few days trip to south Asia.
• I had a great impressions from Machu Picchu and Easter Island. You don’t understand Machu Picchu if you don’t go there. I had never tired to look Moais in Easter Island. I felt some spiritual things. It is very far from South America or Tahiti, and felt isolated.
• Chile is good country. I wonder it’s not so popular to visit for Japanese.
• I talked to many tourists. Some couple are traveling very long after they quit their jobs. US people comes to South America easily similar to Japanese goes to South Asia. Most of Europeans and US traveler are couples of 30’s or 40’s, Japanese travelers are young or retired people.
• Spanish language spoken countries are hard but had a very fun. They talk to me in Spanish, they don’t care I don’t understand. They keep talking, and finally I understand they wanted to say. I wanted to speak Spanish.