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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February 20th, 2006
I won't embarrass you by saying exactly which birthday this is, Dad, but I couldn't let it go by just because I'm on the other side of the world.
As I flip through my Portu...
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February 20th, 2006
I’ve been delaying this post because I’ve been in denial. The past few days have been rough on Tanya and me, for at 10:00am on the 18th of February 2006 we had to return...
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February 17th, 2006
I had never paddled in a bus before. When in Rotorua…
Like the Maasai and the Aborigines, the Maori people of New Zealand have a unique culture that has been absorbed b...
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