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We cruised again on Seven Seas Mariner operated by Regent Seven Seas Cruises.
| 1/13 Lamanai Mayan Ruins, Belize: The High Temple in the rain forest was used at least for 3,000 years until 1650 AD.
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1/18 Panama Canal: It was strange that a big preceding ship was pushed up into the air.
| 1/22 A UNESCO world heritage of adobe city of Chan Chan, 5 km west of Trujillo, Peru, built in 850 AD but conquered by Inca.
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1/24 A UNESCO world heritage of Machu Picchu Ruins in Peru built around 1400 AD by Inca and discovered in 1911.
| 1/25 Urubamba River was roaring. The river washed the railroad away and we were stuck in the town for two more days until picked up by a Peruvian military helicopter.
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1/27 Cristo Blanco in Cuzco, Peru, which used to be the capital city of Inca.
| 1/31 "Canopy adventure" scared Sue in Puerto Montt, Chile.
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2/6 "Italian Glacier" in Patagonia fjord on our way to Ushuaia, Argentina.
| 2/9 A huge iceberg off Elephant Island of Antarctica.
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2/12 Gentoo penguins in Bluff Cove Lagoon in Folkland Islands.
| 2/16 A UNESCO world heritage of Colonia del Sacramento west of Montevideo, Uruguay, founded by Portugese in 1680.
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| 2/17 Tango show in La Ventana in Buenos Aires, Argentina. | 2/22 Corvado could be seen afar from Pao de Acucar = Sugar Loaf, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
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| 2/22 Samba show in Plaraforma in Rio de Janeiro. Shig was invited onto the stage to sing "Sukiyaki". | 2/25 A UNESCO world heritage of Salvador de Bahia of Brazil was a city of African descendants. |
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| 3/3 Mangrove in Lago Verde of Amazon was a haven for birds. | 3/4 River boats in Boca da Valeria on Amazon. We took one of them to visit an Indian's community. |
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3/5 A rain forest on Lago Janauari near Manaus.
| 3/5 Meeting of the waters near Manaus, where ice coffee colored Rio Negro meets cafe latte colored Rio Solimoes to form Rio Amazon.
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3/5 Teatro Amazonas in Manaus was a gorgeous opera house.
| 3/13 Three cruise ships in St. Thomas of US Virgin Islands were SS Mariner, Adventure of the Seas and SS Navigator.
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3/14 The last formal evening.
| 3/14 The last show by Regent Singers and Dancers.
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