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Day 23

I recovered and spent the day walking around, taking pictures mostly of all the fountains ... they're everywhere here. Quite lovely. I like this place a lot.

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shoshtrvls on March 22, 1992 from Ouro Preto, Brazil

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Day 24

A last night in Rio before heading home.

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shoshtrvls on March 22, 1992 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Day 22

A change of transportation here -- I recall Belo Horizonte as being pretty ugly and I feared that Ouro Preto would be the same.

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shoshtrvls on March 21, 1992 from Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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Ouro Preto is nothing like Belo Horizonte, but instead just as the guidebook promised. It's charming, which amazing architecture, perched high in the mountains. I found a lovely guest house but arrived sick as a dog -- very sick. I was sure I had malaria.

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shoshtrvls on March 21, 1992 from Ouro Preto, Brazil

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Day 21

Another day trip -- Buzios is a small fishing village but also well known for its beautiful beaches. If I recall correctly, I went on a boat that took us snorkeling.

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shoshtrvls on March 20, 1992 from Buzios, Brazil

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Day 20

my thoughts upon looking at the (very few) pictures I took -- This was a day trip from Rio. A colonial town with canals and magnificent architecture.

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shoshtrvls on March 19, 1992 from Petropolis, Brazil

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Day 19

At this point in the trip I stopped journaling, but my pictures reveal that I spent the day in Rio. I took the cable car up Sugarloaf but a hazy day made the view less than stunning -- one could barely see the Christ the Redeemer statue that is so symbolic of this city. I walked around...

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shoshtrvls on March 18, 1992 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Day 18 (cont.)

Upon arriving in Rio, I checked into a great hotel in Copacabana which actually cost less than the guidebook said!

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shoshtrvls on March 17, 1992 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Day 17 (cont.)

Unlike Puerto Iguazu on the Argentine side, Foz seems to be a metropolis, and a none too pretty one at that. After some stops at the Varig office (to buy my plane ticket to Rio) and the tourist booth, we eventually found our way to the Brazilian side of the Falls. We were dropped off in...

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shoshtrvls on March 16, 1992 from Foz do Iguacu, Brazil

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