Planning for casino trip to Argentina and Uruguay

Quote: pacomartin

Good choice. You wouldn't want to cut out the waterfall. As it is about 15 hours overland, I must assume you are flying up there.

Yes, I was planning to fly. Hopefully I can take a triangular trip between Buenos Aires, Iguazu, and Punta del Este, Uruguay.

Nice picture. Hopefully the weather will be that nice while I'm there. I hear a lot of days are cloudy.

6.4 magnitude earthquake recently in Buenos Aires. Have you considered evacuation insurance? It will pay to get you home in the event of an emergency, even if it means hiring a dog sled, catching a ride on a de-commissioned Russian nuclear sub, and chartering a helicopter.

Quote: Ayecarumba

6.4 magnitude earthquake recently in Buenos Aires. Have you considered evacuation insurance? It will pay to get you home in the event of an emergency, even if it means hiring a dog sled, catching a ride on a de-commissioned Russian nuclear sub, and chartering a helicopter.

Part of South america are seismically active. Most of the heavy damages, though, for some reason take palce in Chile. As far as I know no Argentine cities ahve been leveled or heavily damaged by quakes. besides, it's hurricane season, not quake season ;)

Ok. Seriously there's no quake season.

Anwyay, I'd worry about how sound the buildings are overall. I wasn't home when teh Big One hit in 1985, but from all I've heard the worse thing outside the badly affected areas was the alck of a telephone system and bad water. Traffic was bad, but you could get around and the gas supplies were not distrupted. The airport operated normally, but many flights were delayed or cancelled due to increased activity by relief agencies.

But then I'm used to quakes. Had I been home in 85 I'd have been safe. had the Wizard been here in 85, or any of you for that mater, odds are better than 99.99% you'd have been safe and able to leave for home within a day or two. Scared, sure, but pretty much undamaged.

Quote: Ayecarumba

6.4 magnitude earthquake recently in Buenos Aires. Have you considered evacuation insurance? It will pay to get you home in the event of an emergency, even if it means hiring a dog sled, catching a ride on a de-commissioned Russian nuclear sub, and chartering a helicopter.

No, I did not know that until just now. I'll pass on the insurance. That might appeal to me more if I were apt to travel to Somalia or Iran.

Quote: Wizard

No, I did not know that until just now. I'll pass on the insurance. That might appeal to me more if I were apt to travel to Somalia or Iran.

Unless you're a soldier, a dimplomat or an aid worker with little sense, a strait jacket would be more appropriate than insurance for those destinations :P