Posted in Activities, My Trips, Travel Recommendations on 18. Oct, 2010
Hi all, So last time I wrote about my descent into the Anhumas Abyss outside of Bonito. Reader Ben Ellis replied that he sided with my mother and would never do such a crazy thing. And while I may end up a recipient of the Darwin Award one of these days, I did feel great [...]
Posted in Activities, My Trips, Travel Recommendations on 14. Oct, 2010
Hi all, So the gang returned safely from our trip to Bonito. The weather wasn´t the best – clouds covered large swaths of southern Brazil, including Mato Grosso do Sul. Still, we managed to get in a few activities. Without question the most adventurous activity was our visit to the Anhumas Abyss. The abyss is [...]
Posted in Activities, My Trips, Travel Recommendations on 30. Sep, 2010
Hi all, The year has flown by. Recently when my buddy Damon asked if I´d be interested in going on a trip somewhere, I realized that I hadn´t been on a trip since returning from the US in January. Now that it just wrong, to live in this beautiful country and not explore it. Originally [...]
Posted in My Trips, Rio de Janeiro, Travel Recommendations on 06. Sep, 2010
Hi all, As nice as Rio is, sometimes you just want to get out of the city. One popular destination a bit over an hour away by car is Prainha. Prainha, which means “Little Beach”, is just that: a simple little beach at the end of the road. It is the sort of place favored by Latin [...]
Posted in Activities, My Trips, Travel Recommendations on 30. Jul, 2010
Hi all! If you will recall, my MacBook Pro died recently (motherboard issue), which hampered my efforts to do, well, just about anything. I am pleased to announce that with the help of a friend who also owns a (functional) MacBook Pro, I was able to recover most of my data, including a ton of photos – although [...]
Posted in Brazil Facts, My Trips on 04. Jun, 2010
Hi all, Yesterday, June 3rd, was (yet) another holiday here in Rio. This week’s holiday was Corpus Christi Day, which commemorates the holy sacrament. While the constitution of Brazil, like that of the US, protects freedom of religion, the country remains overwhelmingly Catholic (though evangelical sects are making a move on the outside rounding the [...]
Posted in Food & Drink, My Trips, Random Musings on 19. May, 2010
Hi all, Whenever you travel, you encounter differences. Goes without saying I guess. However, often it’s the little things that you stumble over. Take the time I tried to make dinner for my host. Raquel is a friend of a friend. I stayed with her on a sweeping tour through Brazil a couple years back. [...]
Posted in Activities, My Trips, Rio de Janeiro, Travel Recommendations on 14. May, 2010
Hi all, I hope that you have had a good week and that you’ve escaped the inclement weather that much of the US has suffered recently. In case you’ve been dealing with a late-season cold snap, this week’s postcard is of a beach. East from Rio along the coast (which here runs east-west) lies the [...]
Posted in Activities, My Trips, Travel Recommendations on 30. Mar, 2010
Oi pessoal (Hi everybody), Last Friday I posted a picture of a lone surfer on Miami Beach, Natal. Surfing is only one of many fun and exciting activities you can engage in there in Natal. The more adventurous of you might want to try flying in an ultralight, or ultraleve as it is called here. [...]
Posted in Brazil Facts, My Trips, Travel Recommendations on 26. Mar, 2010
Hi people / Oi gente! TGIF! Hope your week was a good one. One of my very favorite places in Brazil is Natal, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the northeast. You can get an idea why by checking out the video about Fut Vôlei on YouTube. I’m working on a couple [...]
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