TRIP TO ANTARCTICA DECEMBER 15 2025 to JANUARY 15 2026
Travel for pleasure and learning Tampa Monday, December 15/25 Friend Nancy took us to the Tampa Airport at 11 AM for a 3:25 PM AA Flight to Miami (1 hour), time in Turkish Lounge (very busy – not beautiful) for AA Flight to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at 7:55 PM for an 8½ hour flight through the night. Rio de Janeiro - Tuesday, Dec16/25 Hot, Sunny Day 90 degrees (Name meaning River of January and is Brazil’s second largest city with a population of 7 million and 17 million in area (Sao Paulo in larger). Arrived 6:05 AM and did a very long walk through the airport and collected luggage and met the Regent representative to direct us to the van to drive the 1½ hour drive to the J W Marriott hotel on Cococabana Beach for one night before boarding the cruise ship. The drive to the hotel was busy with traffic and crazy driving and “beep beep” of numerous motorcycles making their way to work downtown weaving between all the vehicles. We had...