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We ate well at Toscana 2 nights!	You could either walk to the monastery of Sao Bento (Rio) or take the elevator to the school attached to it.	Howard getting onto the metro at Botafogo, part of Rio (Rio metro was a nice one!)	Howard liked the intricate scrollwork at Sao Bento
On a beach in Buzios, I found this guy looking out to sea, and I also saw (but didn't bother) my clarinetist friend.	Buzios had a LOT of shops, cheap & expensive, and you could buy a bikini top every block.	Buzios harbor	Old boat "on the rocks" in Ilha Grande
Fish gate, Ilha Grande	Another shot of Santa Rita church with Paraty boats	Paraty's Casa de Cultura, early morning.	Structure across from where we docked in Santos.
5th port: Porto Belo. I shared a cab with the clarinetist to go into the town, where I found water taxis, a beach, etc.	I took a water taxi to Porto Belo island. There wasn't a whole lot there, and the beach was tiny & rocky!	We tendered into 5 of the 10 ports we visited on this cruise.	People were preparing fish on the dock in Punta del Esta.
Leaving Buenos Aires. I barely learned to pronounce "Buenos Aires" (think "eye") & now we're leaving!Next stop: Uruguay	Church and restaurant, beautiful Paraty.	Town cemetery, on the way to the fort in Paraty.	View from ship of Rio's Ilha das Cobras (military?) and the bridge to Niteroi.
Mountains and modest Rio houses, as seen from the ship while in port.	We passed Rio's Ilha Fiscal, a "Neo-Gothic folly" & "19th century royal pleasure palace" for parties.	Fabio drove us by the striking War Memorial in Gloria, honoring Brazilians who fought in Italy in WWII.	Sao Bento altar. To get to the church, you can take an elevator to the school in the same complex.
Nun with cell phone at Sao Bento.	I believe this is Igreja da Sao Francisco da Penitencia (saw it on a hill while trying to get a bus to Copa from Centro)	Sao Bento (St. Benedict) outside the monastery built in 1590.	In Rio, the "staying in port" flags came out on Insignia.
As we were leaving Rio Grande to get a cab back to the ship, I spied this poster.	Folklore performers in Rio Grande. There was very little to see in RG, so this was the best part of the day!	I believe this lighthouse was in Cassino, near Rio Grande.	Folklore group
Boat near Buzios preserve. The preserve is fairly new, and they are trying to clean it up enough to support fish.	Everything is colorful in Buzios! I can see why Bridget liked it!	I know Howard would have liked to have rented one of these snazzy cars. You could rent cars, buggies, & scooters in Buzios!	The 3 Fishermen sculpture, with Insignia in the back (Oceania Insignia, 684 pax)
Away went the taxi, leaving me at the tiny beach. A friendly man at the Pescadora restaurant set up a beach chair for me.	Buzios' Praia Fernandes, as seen from the water taxi.	One of Buzios' 26 beaches: Praia Joao Ferandinha, right next to the one I visited.	An orange house in Ilha Grande
And a green house in Ilha Grande	I climbed up into the bell tower (IG) & looked out. The view reminded me of the Dominican Republic - beautiful!	On the way to the "Circuito" walk, the easiest of many hiking trails in unspoiled Ilha Grande.	Inside the pretty church in Ilha Grande
Scenery around Paraty	Paraty: restaurants and houses along canal	Paraty's Nossa Senhorados Remedios - never completed & on unstable ground	I was out exploring before the shops opened. Not much was happening yet.
Horses by the church	Horse grazing, with Insignia far in background	Flower at the fort, Paraty	The chapel by the water (Capela se Nossa Senora das Dores) was used mostly by wealthy whites in Paraty.
Santos port, near huge, huge Sao Paulo. We passed on visiting Sao Paulo.	Boats for hire at the Praia (beach) do Porto Belo.	Beautiful scenery in this part of the world, with a shrimp boat.	The boathouse again, Porto Belo
Boats and herons in beautiful Porto Belo.	2 colorful boats in Porto Belo.	Porto Belo fisherman on the way back to the yacht harbor where Insignia tendered.	Porto Belo fishing boat
I thought it was a sailboat going down the long breakwater at Cassino, near Rio Grande, but it turned out to be a car.	Folklore performers waiting to do their thing when the Insignia pulled into the port.	The folklore performers made scruffy Rio Grande more fun to visit.	Folklore performers, Rio Grande
Alley way among the mausoleums, Recoleta. We simply wandered until we found Eva's resting place.	Howard loved this car parked near Recoleta.	Adornments in Recoleta.	You had to be pretty rich to be buried at Recoleta. Many rich portenos moved to the area to escape the plague.
Don't cry for me, Argentina: The resting place of Eva Peron, in the family Duarte mausoleum.	Typical mausoleums in swank Recoleta. The place was like a mini city of mausoleums.	On this cruise, we upgraded to a balcony cabin. It looked like this pilot boat was going to visit our balcony!	Boat in Montevideo port.
In Porto Belo we anchored near a fishing boat and an Ibero cruise liner.	More water taxis in Porto Belo	Color seemed to be everywhere in South America. This color was in the Rio Grande port.	Memorial stones around the chapel, Punta del Este.
I asked about this lighthouse (off Punta) later, and a TI rep told me I was looking at a seal refuge island.	A seal was sunning himself - beautiful day in beautiful Punta del Esta.	Punta del Esta, a seaside town with lots of swank shopping. A local boat with Rolling Stones blaring tendered us in	Room to side of church in Punta
Punta lighthouse through church door	Punta lighthouse and church together	Punta del Este - hungry seals waiting for fish	Punta del Esta church
Near Rio Grande - perhaps the lighthouse in Cassino? I never found out.	Plaque in Praca Tamandare, Rio Grande	Kids were feeding seals on the tender dock.	I think this was in Cassino, but I never knew for sure!

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