After another walk along the beach, I struck out to the Botanical Gardens. There were so few people there, it was like wandering through my own personal park.
Doesn’t the dog at the statue’s feet look like most of our dogs do – “I have no idea what you are doing, but I’m ready to go!”
I could have explored further in the forest (in background behind the statue), but my “spidey-sense” was kicking in. I then had a terrible time finding a taxi (first world problem), and no one spoke ANY English nor even Spanish, and except for please, thank you and bathroom, my Portuguese is basically non-existent.
But I finally found my way back, and after a very pleasant interlude sitting at the pool bar at the Copacabana Palace, Wilson and my driver will be taking me to the airport for my flight HOME!
Talk to all of my “commenters” soon (if not tomorrow) and looking forward to seeing you all!
But I’m not excited about coming back to winter in SA; however, since we all know it will change – I see it will be 70 or so on Saturday.
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