We're making up these pages ahead of time to make it easier later.
The first problem is getting to Santiago, Chile. Stand by while we solve that one.
We visited Santiago in 2022 when we ended a cruise there. We had started in Miami, through the Panama Canal, to Santiago with O's cousin Fran and her husband Duane. They've already done the cruise we're planning here, so they're not with us this time.
An oddity about this cruise is that we leave the US in winter, fly to Santiago which will be in summer, then cruise to Antarctica, which is always in winter, and continue to BA again in summer. Then we fly home to winter. It'll be a packing challenge.
AA3101 JAX-MIA 1649-1816
AA957 MIA-SCL 2250-0914*
The flights will be out of Jacksonville this time, a few days before the ship sails, through Miami. When we arrive in Santiago, we'll continue by car to the port of San Antonio, some 80 miles away. We'll stay in a hopefully nice hotel (L) until boarding time on 2 February.
The waterfront hotel "Enjoy San Antonio" (Enjoy is a brand) has a nice view of the port and seaward. It includes a small casino and there's a shopping mall connected. It's built on top of the fish market (hmmm). The San Antonio train station is at the front door, but the trains don't run here anymore.
There's a nice plaza across the street. I don't know how much walking we'll get done - the streets look a little ragged on Maps and many of the stores have access-preventing bars at the entries. There are several banks, so an ATM should be around somewhere.
We'll fill in the happenings here………
