Monday 19th February to Thursday 22nd February 2007. After the general excesses of the weekend Monday arrived with me feeling less than energetic, a feeling exaggerated by the unusually high temperatures. Seems global warming literally is just that. By 2pm all week the thermometer has risen above thirty five degrees ensuring that, allied with the high humidity, you are feeling sapped of all energy by late afternoon. And that was exactly when I chose to visit Sugar Loaf, the one attraction I´d neglected last time around. A group of six of us, with Caroline leading the way, bussed it to the bottom of the hill and then joined the throngs of Gringo´s waiting to board the cable car to the top which when we finally arrived forced me to decide that it is, although a wonderful
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