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While Lubbock and Vancouver have the same forecast today (currently 54 and raining) Vancouver IS more exciting. And I’ve never checked into a hotel with a big umbrella in the closet. So with raincoat and umbrella, I’ll be taking the …

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 …

My “free” day in Rio and making the most of it before I return to the cold. Listening to Bowie on the beach while drinking coconut water directly from a cold coconut which was hacked open for me – perfect! …

After having a slight respite from my morning activities on Sugar Loaf Mtn. (the cable ride up was soooo smooth) and high with the Redeemer (no one ever refers to the statue as the Giant Christ!), my guide took me …

First, for my lovely Mom, here’s a picture of me – Wilson, my Rio guide, prostrated himself to take the picture. A few more, of so many, beautiful views: And of the Rio cathedral – not like ANY Other cathedral …

Rio is 4 hours ahead of SA, and I’ve just gotten to my hotel on Copacabana Beach – my room looks like the online website for this hotel, and the views from my room are beautiful and inviting. Unlike Ingo …

Another trip thru the Cataractas or Falls in Iguazu – on the Argentina side. Ingo was taciturn, but today at least offered me his umbrella for my trek alone over the Devil’s Throat part of the falls, and today I …

I left BA in the rain, even having to climb the steps to the airplane in a drizzle (the outgoing flight was delayed because of an electrical storm), but although Very HOT and VERY sunny, my guide Ingo, of Germanic …

Weather was like SA in June, and people were complaining about the heat. NOT me. I wandered thru BA most of the afternoon, stopping at the Museo de Bella Artes or fine art. While I was blown away by Rodin’s …