Travel Review: South America Vacation, Chile, Argentina, Mendoza, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Valparaiso, Easter Island, Iguazu Falls

The splendid and insightful tour of the city arranged by our agent, and the fantastic food spots booked for us in Buenos Aires, the "Puma-closed" National Park in Iquazu, the wines and mountain range in Mendoza, the funky "village" surrounding Valparaiso Port, and the old grace and pace of Santiago with its Los Dominicos Village arts and crafts.  Driving ourselves up to the base of Acongawa, near the Chile/Argentina border was a treat.  Rapa Nui just blew it all away.

Also have to hand it to our trip planner/coordinator for his exquisite choice of accommodations, his excellent recommendation of restaurants, his friendly and assuring assistance from "go to whoa", and his attendant interventions when we ran into small issues, which were not of his making.  He is an intelligent, empathetic and enjoyable fellow, and made very valuable time of the time we had available for the trip.  We did not have a wasted minute.  From our first correspondence he just "got" us: what we were looking for in our journey, budget, pace, substance and style. He earned and has our complete trust.  I have already recommended him to our friends.  In fact, my wife, who "Face Books", has already mentioned on her page what a fantastic difference our agent made for us.

On a logistics note, we were very impressed that we were professionally picked up and delivered from the various airports we passed through without delay or hiccup.  We are now duly spoiled for service.