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aboard m.v.explorer. here I am ! Quite an elegant ship. A dorm room was nver like this. Gary was my porter and my things will only fill half the space. The dining rooms are extensive the swimming pool is tiny and everybody very friendly. We met Archbishop Tutu in the lounge surfing the web.

marc is helping me with posting pictures. he is so fast i can hardly follow his fingers.

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First Stop Ft Lauderdale. Travelling through security with a computer made all my organizing of packages fall apart. But the security camera would not let me go --it turned out the metal hair clips were setting off all the bells. lauderdale yacht club is having four day reggatta starting today. 25 lasers on the line sailed by college freshmen and 15 Finns from around the world-Ireland, Spain, Great Britian, and the USA.

Just 1 week togo. As the temperature drops to minus 1 I keep looking at Brazil wherre it is 75. Packing is difficult.We will be there just in time for Carnival- need a dress and Samba shoes.

Countdown to departure. Leave New York Jan.31 for Ft .Lauderdale for short visit. Gary will go with me to Nassau where I board the M.V.Explorer for 100 days around the world in the Southern hemisphere. Next stop Puerto Rico.

It is now the new year and a new beginning. Mamaroneck looks like fall but the snow will come soon. But by then I will be off to the southern hemisphere and continued summer. I still have to learn the camera and the computer but it takes practice.