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figure on horseback surrounded by four lions in the
middle of a roundabout. A sign on the right side of the
park read: "The Ritz Hotel." And beyond it all, in the far
distance, the towering statue of Christ the Redeemer
welcomed me to the city with open arms.
In my knapsack, a few fresh clothes, an umbrella, a
pack of cards, a sewing kit, and my bathroom stuļ¬. In my
pockets, a pen, a note pad, a packet of Fisherman's
Friends, a Take Five beermat, and one thousand three
hundred and sixty-two escudos and forty-two pounds in
cash At eighty escudos to the pound, I was worth 8,482
escudos (about 230 dollars back then).
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