Our Brazilian X-mas tree and a image from Busca Vida resort.

BBQ'd X-mas turkey turned out amazing..as well as everything else...Big thanks to Niu and her amazing family for a fantastic Christmas dinner.

Niu buying a dicey park burger...and Planetario de la ciudad de Buenos Aires.

Another wonderful neighborhood of Buenos Aires..Very up scale.

Great cafe..great people.

Love this neighborhood...Bleeds Boca Juniors.

We had a wonderful holiday in Buenos Aires recently..wow what a amazing city..Maradona and the iconic Stadium...classic football neighborhood..Club Atlético Boca Juniors.

Nirania.

Me..The scaffolding is from the restoration ceremony as well as the special lighting for the World Cup.. A cemetery in the distance.

Finally! The restoration is complete... View towards Copacabana.

On our second trip back to Rio.. Corcovado was open .. O Christo was finished!! Pretty amazing trip up the back of the mountain ..The views from the top of Corcovado are spectacular to say the least.

These are some pics of the World Cup Fan Fest...It was huge!..Very cool experience...it sucked Brasil lost.

Wow...We happened to be lucky enough to be in Rio during the World Cup...The Fan Fest set up was absolutely amazing..2 huge 3 story tall HD t.v.'s...Unfortunately Brasil lost to Holland...these are some images from that day..