Iguazu Falls & Parque Aves (bird park at iguazu park brazil entrance. Hotel de Cataratas) Art Garden

Rio De Janeiro:

• Streets in Ipanema: Rue Br. Da Torre, Morais, Piraja, boardwalk. Copacabana: Ave De Copacabana
• Beach Areas: Ipanema, Copacabana, Leblon
• Christ the Redeemer
• Tijuca Forest
• Marapendi Channels wetlands [ skip due to flood ]
• Barra da Tijuca, Joa Beach, Recreio, Prainha, Grumari Beach and Itacoatiara Beach
• Rocks of Arpoador
• Fort of Copacabana
• Sugar Loaf & Atlantic Forest walk near entrance
• City of Niteroi views (Jurujuba fishing village and military forts and Adam and Eve Beach)
• Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) + music school in Barra
• Parque da Cidade Hill (paragliding school $100 jump)
• Centro in Rio (Modern Art Museum, Nova Catedral + Metropolitana Tower, Confeitaria Columbo, Ingreja de Sao Bento monastery)
• Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas
• Favelas Rocinha
• Saara Market, Centro
• Santa Tereza & Lapa neighborhood (stairs of Selaron, arches and the tram thru Santa Tereza, Largo do Guimaraes Square)
• Barra shopping mall
• Paraty colonial neighborhood (4hrs north by car)
• Ipanema (Hippie Market General Osorio square) & Copacabana Beach Market
• Jardim Botanico
• Raffa Tours (apprx $100 per day)

Notes:

• 10 service usually included on bill otherwise add it on
• Money = real "hey-al" plural "heyice"
• Shopping: Ave Piraja in Ipanema to Leblon
• avoid Centro and beaches late at night
• thank you: obrigata/women obrigado/men

Buenos Aires:

• La Catedral warehouse tango lesson and dance hall Tuesday nights 9pm
• Club 69 at Club Niceto Thursdays 1am
• Palacio Barolo rooftop tour (view of city) located on Avenida de Mayo between Avenida 9 de Julio and Plaza de Congresso + Cafe Tortoni
• San Telmo for antiques (Caminito St in La Boca --touristy & sketchy)
• Plaza De Mayo & Plaza De Congreso & Puerto Madero
• Chinatown in Belegrano (dog park across train tracks & roam streets back toward Palermo down Santa Fe) & Feria Medelo de Belgrano gourmet food market (Ciudad de la Paz & Jurramento)
• MALBA And Belles Artes art museums
• A Line Subte (oldest subway car in BA)
• PARKS: Palermo Park, Jardin Botanico with all the cats, Japonese Park, Zoo
• SUNDAY MARKETS: Plaza Dorrego for Feria De San Pedro Telmo, Feria Artesanal de la Recoleta, Palermo's Feria de plaza Seranno
• SHOP STREETS: Florida Street & LaValle Street (from 500 up to 1000) w/Pacifico Mall, The Palermo (Hollywood+Soho+Viejo neighborhood-btwn Ortiz & Juan Justo + Cabrera & Gugatemala), Santa Fe St branching from Alto Palermo Mall, Cordoba St & Ortiz in Palermo for OUTLETS
• Las Canitas neighborhood on Baez Street
• Retiro Train Station
• Ave 9 de Julio (20 lanes wide)
• SHOPS: ay not dead, rhapsodia, ona saez, kosiuko, isabel la catolica, big love, cuesta blanca, akiabara, complot
• Malls: Abasto, Alto Palermo, Paseo Alcorta, Gallerias Pacificos, Bullrich
• La Recoleta Cemetery & Alvear St & BA Design Mall
• Reserva Ecologica Park
• Side Trips: Tigre (day or 1 night trip -stay at solar de bahia, Frutos market, el gatoblanco restaurant, take scenic train stop in town Barrancas) and Temaiken Zoo
• Restaurants: Baraka (gurruchaga & col cabrero), Bartolo Restaurant (costa rica & nicaragua), Bio in Palermo Hollywood, Darma Pastries in PH

Uruguay:

• Montevideo --3hr ferry from BA
• Colonia Del Sacramento --1hr ferry from BA

Memories

• wwhhho is hheeee?
• thursday service lunch waitress other day -eggs!?
• "is this a local custom?" "I'll just do it myself"
• watching Audrey Hepburn movies
• trip advisor: I'm here right now. It's in my mouth. I'm chewing it right now. I'm standing on it right now.
• don't go to La Boca. You must go to La Boca.
• what's that sound? Oh that's Richard getting arrested.
• Richard's deep "hola"
• calm your mind
• dog poop everywhere and dog walkers with 15 dogs
• no driving rules
• clubs start at 2am
• all coffees come with a shot of water & shot of pastry
• we ate so many pastries. Richard ate a cookie for breakfast.
• watch outfit counterfeit money --feel the money. counterfeits don't have the texture on the jacket
• collect small change...people don't like to accept 100s
• animal mugging at iguazu