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http://picasaweb.google.com/emilyrindone/ParanaguaCuritibaSaoPaulo at fla's house in Sao Paulo - it's been great. have to run but will write more later.

so annoyed with myself because after reallizing that posting the long blog entry i just wrote was taking a really long time and copying it so i wouldn´t lose it, my tendency to multitask got the best of me and i hit ctrl+C to copy another link and lost everything i´d spent the last hour writing. so in summary... i took lots of pictures in florianopolis on a boat trip that was really fun. here´s the link: http://picasaweb.google.com/emilyrindone/Florianopolis amazing dance show in joinville - i even took the time to translate the description from the program because it was so unique. here´s the website for the dance company if you´re curious. http://www.quikciadedanca.com.br/index800.htm i´ve gotten sicker since i got to curitiba and got some antibiotics today. spent most of the day on a boring train ride to Paranaguá that lonely planet recommended instead of exploring beautiful curitiba and am annoyed that i spent $63 (twice what the guide book said it would be) on a ride i didn´t enjo...

yay for cyber cafes that let me download Picasa. here you go! http://picasaweb.google.com/emilyrindone

and while this super new computer let me copy the pics from my camera directly on to the computer, the security settings are set so that i can´t download ANYTHING that will help me upload pictures any faster than a snail´s pace. So, I will add a few pics to this blog (if i figure out how) and try to get you the rest later. so the falls....no words for them. I liked the Brazilian side better for the panoramic view, and for the fact that you can stand like 10 feet from the Garganta del Diablo (where the most powerful water is) and get splashed by it rather than just looking at it from above. may have been the coolest thing in nature i have ever seen. when i was eating lunch some butterflies hung out with me for a while so i took some up close pics of them too. the Itaipu Dam was pretty impressive - the sound and light show was short and cheesy, but there was a short documentary that gave the history of it being built and how it produces 90% of Paraguay´s energy and 20% of Brazil´s, et...

at 12:15 i embark on a 20+ hour journey to Iguazu Falls...and it will all be worth it. we´ll see if i can overcome my typical motion sickness and read some on the bus; if not, i will be watching lots of movies (provided they show more than one) and dozing off and on, and hopefully my ipod will keep its charge. Co rdoba has been relaxing...it was so cold the first day and a half that i stayed inside a fair amount - thus the pictures i uploaded - if you didn ´t get the link let me know - and finally invested in a scarf and gloves. of course yesterday it was a lot warmer and i didn ´t need either piece of warmth equipment at all, but they may come in handy until i get to sunny Rio. I took a few pictures as I explored the city, and realized that maps are often deceiving - walking from " nueva cordoba " where i am staying to the center of town takes maybe 10 minutes. i´m nearly finished Love in the Time of Cholera - they´ ve boarded the ship, for those of you that have read i...

officially. as in, it snowed yesterday and today. i´m wearing a longsleeved shirt under a shortsleeved shirt with a hoodie and a fleece over it and i´m STILL cold inside this internet place. i am going to have to break down and buy a scarf and gloves even though by the weekend i should be in warmer weather. but i´ ve been thinking that it´ll get warmer for the past few days and have been wrong, so it´s time to spend the pesos on the warm paraphernalia. the only problem is that today is Argentina´s independence day, so most stores are closed. please keep in mind as you read this that i haven´t had anything besides most of a pack of Maria cookies (i don´t really know how to describe them - they are thin and a little sweet and great with hot drinks) since about 7pm last night. you all deserve a proper update so i´ll do what i can before either 1)my fingers freeze or 2) my stomach starts growling out loud. when i last left you (before the 21 wines in 8 or so hours email) i was about t...

and the apostrophe key on this keyboard doesn {t work. (case in point). other than that, though, life is good! Sunday morning I went to the famous fair at Plaza Dorrego , but it was way too touristy for my taste, so i didn {t stay long. Caught the bus to the bus station and bought a ticket for an overnight trip to Mendoza - about $60 including dinner and breakfast, which i figured was a great deal since i was traveling and having a place to stay at the same time. Headed from the station to the Buquebus ferry terminal and caught a ferry to Colonia ...and had my first "apparently i don{t understand spanish as well as i think i do" or "i don{t ask enough questions" experience of my trip - i had thought that the combination ticket i bought allowed me to get off in Colonia , hang out for a while, and then head to Montevideo, but the bus to Montevideo ( MV ) was waiting directly after i got off the ferry....and figuring i was kind of exhausted for an afternoon of wander...