Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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 Having a beer on Copacabana Beach |
 Infinity pool at the Hotel |
 Corcovado Train Station |
 At "The Statue" |
 Christ the Redeemer edge on |
 View to Sugarloaf Mountain (Hill really) |
 And here we are |
 View from Sugarloaf along Copacanana |
 We were there, too |
 Trip around Guanabara Bay on the good ship Bay of Guanabara |
 Hotel to and around Guanabara Bay (until the battery died) |
 Plane landing at domestic airport |
 Sugarloaf from the Bay |
 Escadaria Seleron aka Seleron Steps |
 Long view of Seleron Steps |
 Copacobana beer of choice - see above |
Some Specific Step Tiles |
 Moon and Sun in unison - bit like the eclipse |
 Some Brazilian Graffiti |
 Carioca Aqueduct and Rio Cathedral |
 Sunset from the Hotel |
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Iguassu Falls, viewing from Brazil side |
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 Posing at the entrance to the falls |
 The Two, and Three Musketeers Falls See more of the three later (rather 2nd from right) |
 Suzanne in the Spray Zone of The Devils Throat |
 That was AMAZING |
 Wet and relaxed |
 The hotel pool bar where, in true Arthurian legend, The Lad of the Lake gives excaliber, sorry Brahma Beer |
| Iguassu Falls from the Argentinian side
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 The sun is right for rainbows |
Time for a trip on the Iguassu River
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 Meeting the falls head on |
 Now that's what I call wet |
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Argentina |
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 Iguassu Airport and the biggest muffin you ever did see (and there is a chocolate bun, too) |
A flying visit and sightseeing from bus at night of Buenos Aires
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 A beer in the San Juan Hotel (Preparing for next year's eclipse?) |
 Advertising the eclipse (San Juan is JUST inside the zone of Totality) |
 Suzanne sharing some reading |
 A bit of hero worship from Suzanne |
 More San Juan eclipse stuff |
 Andrew receiving instruction on how to view the eclipse |
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| Sky Watching at a San Juan Resort
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Tour 8 is "S J Hotel" Ignore the rest - was drop off points and our walking tour |
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  The Night Sky - Alpha and Beta Centaurus and The Southern Cross |
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2nd July 2019 - Eclipse Day |
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 BellaVista |
 The Observation Site |
 Is Ireland really the opposite way to England? |
 Site is a Llama farm |
 The Observers |
 A painting being painted during the afternoon |
 Andrew in action |
 A somewhat hastily prepared pinhole S and A A biro point into a sheet of paper. Showed partial sun well enough |
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 Wide view at Totality showing the moon's shadow |
 Post eclipse hazy, misty sunset |
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Santiago, Chile |
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 Street Giants |
 Typical Chilean meal |
 Andrew leaning seductively on pole in Bellavista Car possibly suspecting Andrew of touting for business |
 Santiago Graffiti |
 High point in Santiago - highest building, too (on right) |
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Peru - Lima for a night |
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 Peruvian Graffiti |
 Artwork in the park, created from recycled plastic |
 Suzanne's Peruvian fish dish called "Ceviche" |
Peru - The Sacred Valley |
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 Pisco Sour, with smiley faces all round |
 Train to Machu Picchu |
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 Machu Picchu viewpoint |
 A special doorway Can't remember why (will dig out guide book, sometime) Suzanne thinks it's the main doorway that the explorers found when the city was discovered |
 A window with tourists always getting in the way |
 On train entertainment Suzanne dancing with Saqra (Little Devil) |
 Three Quarters of the Hotel room |
 Curly haired llama with curly haired Suzanne Kindred spirits |
Cusco (still Peru) |
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 On sale in market village, Pisac |
 Saqsaywaman - Ancient Inca Site (Historical capital of the Inca Empire) |
 The bottom of the Cusco brewed Cusquena Beer has a design based upon stones at the aforementioned site |
 Inca trilogy: Condor, Puma and Snake |
 Peru vs Brazil Copa America Cup Final (Peru lost) |
 Hankay - Craft beer pub |
 Uphill back to the hotel |
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Back to Lima for the final night of the trip |
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 Church featuring lamb carrying Saint and Minnie Mouse |
 The band as part of the changing of the guard |
 Paddling on the Beach at Miraflores |
 The Pier in Miraflores |
 The Kiss in The Park of Love |
 Suzanne and Adam meet "My Favourite Martian" (for those of a certain age) |
 Suzanne pigging out on some chocolate at "Choco Museo" |
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