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7 days, 7 cities, 6 countries, 3 continents
As I went over the flight options for my first trip to South America in 2014, I ended up booking a return flight from Bangalore to São Paulo. I didn’t realise at the time of booking this flight that I would have to make my way back to São Paulo to fly back to India, which would cost me both time and money. This is the story of how I ended up across airports in 6 countries because of this mistake. In South America, I landed in São Paulo, and after my volunteer stint in Brasil, I proceeded to backpack across Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador. In the last few days…
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A chance meeting with Iguaçu falls
So I was looking to book my flights to Perú and got an option to fly with TAM, which was São Paulo to Cusco with layovers in Iguaçu and Lima. Since the layovers were only a few hours and I love airport hopping, I booked this connection. My flight from São Paulo was at 1 in the afternoon, and I got to the airport after a crazy Caipiriñha-filled night in Rua Augusta. I reached the Guarulhos airport well in advance and checked in comfortably for my flight. I was already very excited with Perú in my mind and didn’t really think about the layovers that awaited me. On short flights,…
