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Top Ten Things We Have Learned In Brazil
10. Paper is white gold.
9. The birds here are beautiful, and prompty at 5:30 they make sure to wake you up so that you can admire them.
8. Always shake out your shoes before putting them on.
7. Always pull your sheets back before getting into bed.
6. If you think you've got a bug on you, you do...and it's bigger than you think.
5. Don't discriminate between the spiders. They all should die.
4. Papaya is a natural laxative. Avoid eating it at EVERY meal.
3. There really aren't any mosquitos along the Rio Negro.
2. There are plenty of biting bugs...not too bad, though.
And the Number 1 thing that we have learned in Brazil...
1. Monkeys will eat anything. (See Week 4)
Update as of 11/10/2001!

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