March 10th, 2006
We went from Rio – packed with things to see and do, to Floripa – full of great beaches and small excursions, to Iguazu Falls – the area’s singular attraction. The two d...
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March 8th, 2006
En route to Florianopolis (“Floripa”), Danielle, Andrew, and I picked up a fourth. As we wandered around the Sao Paulo airport, we were on the lookout for Ricardo and he wa...
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March 6th, 2006
As if seven months weren’t long enough, my friends’ flight from the states was delayed an entire day. An entire day! The anxiety was painful, but there were plenty of ways...
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March 3rd, 2006
Staying in posh Ipanema, it’s easy to forget that there’s another side of Rio. The “favelas” (slums) crowd the hills in a shockingly jumbled way, for the land was first c...
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March 2nd, 2006
How do I sum up Carnaval? Words simply can’t do it justice; Photos only paint a fraction of the enormous picture. There’s really no way to convey the excitement (and...
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February 25th, 2006
It’s no coincidence that I’m in Brazil during Carnaval. Like thousands of other tourists from around the globe, Jessemin and I have come to experience the world’s ...
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February 23rd, 2006
New Zealand didn’t want me to leave. My flight from Auckland to Buenos Aires was delayed a few hours, and, although it gave Tanya and I time for a farewell game of mini golf...
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