I remember crashing in the Florida annex one night en route from Buenos Aires back to Recife after some R&R. We had bought a jug of red wine somewhere in RGdoSul and still had some dregs when we checked in. The next a.m., bem cedinho, I had to catch the bus to Recife, a 40 hour ride, and didn't have time to get any food, so I finished the wine. The road out of Rio was very mountainous and I almost blew it, getting a serious case of motion sickness.
I remember the Janis Joplin visit to Brasil. The old anti-establishment newspaper, O Pasquim, published some topless pictures of her on the Rio beach whose name I can't recall, but was way to the south past Ipanema. So Gary, did you go party with her?
Speaking of Peace Corps hotels and party girls, did many others make the trip to Buenos Aires? There was a hotel there everyone stayed at, was it the Hotel LaValle? It was on Calle LaValle. There was an Argentina beauty living there with her sister. This girl's name was Monica. Our buddy in the PE Coop group Kent met her first and told us about her. I looked her up when I got there and sure enough, she was there and available. I took her to see Woodstock and out to eat. Back at the hotel I was sharing a room with Eugenio, Leo and Lawless, if I remember correctly, and she was with her sister. So we had no place to go. So we kind of hid in the halls and played kissyface. Anyone else remember that hotel or that girl?
Rick (PE 69 - 73)
12 Dec 01
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