About to embark at Manaus...

...and in possession of another hour on the net, I give you the headlines for the next section of my travelogue which I threaten to publish on March 8. (Well, the beginning at any rate.)

- Slumming it in Baroque Style: Salvador de Bahia
- The Hotel from Hell, or: air conditioning versus sleep - the eternal question
- How not to pick up a cute Frenchman: by being seasick all over him
- does one's carnival costume influence the way one tans (in stripes)?

And another thing: tonight are the Oscars. If cavendish or bimo read this in time, I'd be grateful for a recording.