India to South America

When we ask anybody about Uruguay in India. Probably the reaction may not be very encouraging. Half of my friend didn't know any thing about the Uruguay.Other half had impression that Uruguay is in Africa. But very few knew that Uruguay is in South America and the same country has won olympics football gold meday in 1924 and 1928, the same country has won Fifa world cup Trophy in 1930 and 1950, the same country is world 9th biggest rice exporter, the same country country has best sea beach in south america. There lot about Uruguay which is very interesting and amazing. I will post series of posts related to Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil. In this post I will give detail , how to plan trip from India to South America. Plan for trip to south american countries starts with visa application. Argentinian , Uruguayan and Brazilian embassies are in Delhi. One can either apply for work permit or for tourist visa. If the purpose of visit is tourism then tourist visa better bet. For tourist visa one should pay visa fee (example: 700 R for brasil, 1 R= 20 Rs approx values), credit card detail or bank statement and submit the filled form.Since there now direct flight from India to south America, One can opt either of two two routes to reach the gate to south america. Sao Paolo is known as gate to south america. One can either go through Johanasburg (south America) or through europe ( Milan, Paris, Frankfurt, London). Earliar we requires to take transit visa for south Africa But now this is not required. But we may require to transit visa for UK in case the transit time is more than 12 hrs. Route through South Africa is shorter but has more transit time compared to Route through europe. Also the tickets are costlier on South African route. From South Africa/Europe direct flight is available to Sao Paolo. Sao Paolo is gate to South America and well connected to almost all major cities in world. It is also the business capital of Brazil. Already there talk going between the aviation ministries of Brasil and India to plan for direct flights between Mumbai and Sao Paolo. From Sao Paolo direct flights are available to major tourist location in Brasil, Uruguay and Argentina. Also one can opt for road routes to visit the tourist location.