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Date: 1-30-2003
Subject: Punky, Lew & Achi 2 at Ilha Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brasil

Hi everyone: We had an adventurous ride through spectacular scenery to Lages, where we stopped for lunch. An enterprising newspaper reporter spotted us and had to take pix and write yet another story. Spent the night in the small town of San Joaquin. The next day we rode through more spectacular scenery in cool high country, where it is know to snow in winter (in Brazil?), hence the name Vale Neve (Snow Valley). We then descended into a long deep canyon, Serra Gaúcha, of mind boggling twisties. Ricardo is generaly riding faster and more reckless (like I used to) than we are and boiled his super-duper brake fluid rendering his KLR brakeless. Sent 5 rolls of film to Motormark for our website, including great shots of the area. We are now flopping on an enchanting beach for R&R on Ilha Santa Catarina in Florianopolis, SC, Brasil, a first class resort area. Achi is in 7th heaven and spends every possible moment in the water and on the beach getting too much sun. We are both sunburned and thankful for ibuprofen pain relievers and aloe vera lotion. The 3.40 exchange rate makes the prices affordable, much like Argentina. Argentina nor Uruguay has no beaches to compare with Isla Santa Catarina. Of course, there is much more spectacular scenery and beaches to be discovered as we ride north on the coast, after going to Iguazu Falls and Paraguay. Ricardo is in his 7th heaven with lovely chicas everywhere. His neck must be sore from swiveling his head, sighing and salivating at yet another beaut in a skimpy bikini. I look, but out of respect for Achi refrain from commenting. Even she says the chicas are beautiful. I was not pleased to see searing negative reports about Mariola and Kris´s failure to have MediVac insurance. However, everyone is entitled to their opinion and it did serve to inform me of the availability of relatively low cost insurance. I have none either. It would be nice and comfy if I had medical, life, burial, medivac, motorcycle comprehensive, liability, collision, medical and towing, mortgage, household, pet insurance and every other kind of insurance to cover our asses in emergencies. Then, the insurance companies would be more prosperous, have more dough to steal and I couldn´t be doing what I´m doing. It´s a gamble some of us take. I´m sure there are those who would say, I spent lots of money on stuff I didn´t need and should have bought insurance instead. Sorry if my plea to help Mariola and Kris offended some. Thanks to those who are more sympathetic to a brave woman motorcyclist I am proud to call a friend and especially to those who contributed to help relieve Mariola and Kris´s plight. End of report and my rant.
Later, amigos & amigas.

Punky, Lew & Achi 2
Americas Motopaseo

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