Even the sky is green
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Tijuca, Rio Even the sky is green |
 | Punta Arenas, Chile |
 | Tijuca, Rio |
 | Costa Rica |
 | Tijuca, Rio |
 | Tijuca, Rio |
 | Punta Arenas, Chile |
 | Tijuca, Rio |
 | Rio de Janeiro, green cape |
 | Just looking up in a Rio square |
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Costa Rica jungle Top down view from high foliage to the jungle soil. |
 | Costa Rica – with a dash of scarlet |
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Costa Rica jungle If you watch very carefully, you can see two scarlet macaws roosting in the trees. This photo is unpatched or otherwise modified. |
 | Punta Arenas, Chile |
 | Dancing on the pier in Callao – all the rest is Nicaragua |
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 | Valparaiso |
 | The chapel in Tijuca forest, Rio de Janeiro |
 | Valparaiso |
 | Valparaiso – view towards the port |
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Valparaiso With the big mirror cube of the central plaza, and the missing top of a palace. |
 | Valparaiso |
 | Valparaiso |
 | Valparaiso |
 | Valparaiso, from the cable car |
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Montevideo This was once the tallest building in South America |
 | Valparaiso – view to the hills |
 | Valparaiso |
 | Valparaiso |
 | The central plaza of Valparaiso |
 | A govermental palace in the central plaza of Valparaiso. Look for the missing top. |
 | Amalia glacier |
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Coquimbo, Chile They built their own cross in 2000, pretending to be Rio. |
 | Montevideo |
 | Nicaragua |
 | Pao de Azucar, Rio |
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Ushuaia, Argentina Very much like Carmel, except for corrugated iron buildings |
 | Ushuaia, Argentina |
 | Plaza de Armas, Punta Arenas, Chile |
 | At the fountain – Tijuca forest, Rio de Janeiro |
 | Artigas monument, Montevideo |
 | Tijuca forest, Rio de Janeiro |
 | Panama |
 | Punta Arenas, Chile |
 | Panama |
 | Panama |
 | Panama |
 | Panama |
 | Amalia Glacier |
 | The mountains near Ushuaia |
 | At the Duarte crypt in Buenos Aires – Eva Peron's tomb. |
 | Montevideo |
 | Cabo San Lucas, Mexico |
 | Manta, Ecuador |
 | Manta, Ecuador |
 | The face that launched a thousand ships |
 | Falklands |
 | Cabo San Lucas |
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Little me with artsy elevator In the corner you can see the piano and note stand. There was a piano-violin-viola trio, Russian, of course. I couldn't tell the viola (if any) till I sneaked behind, and, with much effort and glasses, saw the C-clefs in one player's score, and not in the other's. |
 | We had a table for four, and a great time together, swapping cruise stories. |
 | With our waiters. |
 | Panama City, the former USA compound |
 | Nicaragua |
 | This one even says "Arbol Navideño" to make sure everybody gets it. |
 | Rio – the tree floats on the lagoon and changes light patterns at night. All the guides pointed to it as a big attraction. |
 | The port, Valparaiso |
 | The port, Buenos Aires |
 | Stranded among boxes. |
 | The port at Manta, Ecuador |
 | Callao, the port of Lima, Peru |
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 | Prize costumes from previous "Escuelas de samba" competitions |
 | This came sharp, for some reason |
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 | Another Emperor's idea. Since he had brought Chinese to take care of a tea plantation (that didn't work) he thought that a pagoda would be appropriate. |
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Memorial to artists in the Tijuca forest A few painters gathered near a waterfall for inspiration. This was the origin of the Brazilian Art school. |
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 | Here you can see the rope. The tourists understand it must not be crossed. But the penguins? The rock-hoppers stay strictly on the rocks, unlike the Magellanic Penguins, who feel at home in the grass. |
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 | Pao de Azucar |
 | Pao de Azucar |
 | Amalia glacier, Chile |
 | Cape Horn |
 | Punta Arenas, Chile |
 | Market in Nicaragua |
 | View near Ushuaia |
 | View near Ushuaia |
 | Amalia glacier |
 | Amalia glacier |
 | View near Ushuaia |
 | Cinco Hermanos, a five peaked mountain near Ushuaia |
 | Scylla and Charybdis – Cape Horn |
 | Cape Horn |
 | Cape Horn |
 | Former USA compound, Panama |
 | Artigas monument, Montevideo |
 | Asadador in a restaurant |
 | Montevideo |
 | Back lagoon at Acapulco |
 | Back lagoon at Acapulco |
 | Punta Arenas, from the sea |
 | Ceremony in Montevideo |
 | Ceremony in Montevideo |
 | Interior of the Tijuca chapel. For some reason, the artist painted his own feet as Madona's. Because of the windows, the wood shares the image. |
 | Rio |
 | Nicaragua |
 | Costa Rica – A cocoa fruit, sliced |
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Coquimbo, Chile The third millenium cross, built in 2000. |
 | Acapulco divers |
 | Acapulco divers |
 | Acapulco divers |
 | Acapulco divers |
 | Dog breeding near Ushuaia; they have their own dog-sled competitions. These are very handsome huskies. |
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Les feuilles mortes se ramassent a la pelle Tijuca |
 | Ecuador: Eloy Alfaro monument. A local progressist hero, whom they made president twice, then lynched. |
 | Eloy Alfaro monument |
 | Acapulco |
 | Pao de Azucar, view to Niteroi |
 | From the cable train to Corcovado. |
 | Hanuka in Rio, on Copacabana Beach |
 | Ecuador: hatters |
 | Ecuador: hatters |
 | Ecuador: hatters |
 | Ecuador: hatters |
 | The Jeeps on Falklands Islands. The toilet paper quite essential for various running noses. |
 | Jeeps on Falklands Islands |
 | Jeeps on Falklands Islands |
 | Schoolyear end in Nicaragua |
 | Schoolyear end in Nicaragua |
 | Llama in Valparaiso |
 | Minefields in the Falklands |
 | Ushuaia, Argentina |
| Personified Patagonia on the main square of Punta Arenas |
 | Buenos Aires: Monument to general San Martin, with colonel |
 | Panama mud |
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Falklands On the hill across from Stanley, the names of the patrol ships: Beagle, Protector, Endurance and Dumbarton Castle. |
 | Names far away |
 | Natural bridge near the rockhopper colony, Falklands |
 | The bridge between Rio de Janeiro and Niteroi |
 | Niteroi bridge |
 | That's the Brazilian version of SMERSH |
 | Punta Arenas, Chile |
 | Punta Arenas, Chile |
 | Punta Arenas, Chile |
 | Christ Redemptor over Rio |
 | Rio – ships |
 | Rio de Janeiro, as the cable cabin starts climbing to Pao de Azucar |
 | Rio de Janeiro, shore (Ipanema?) |
 | Panama City skyline |
 | Rio de Janeiro |
 | Rio de Janeiro |
 | Stanley, Falklands |
 | Stanley, Falklands |
 | Stanley, Falklands |
 | Stanley, Falklands |
 | Rio de Janeiro |
 | We're above that helicopter, on the first station to Pao de Azucar |
 | Falklands: a wreck |