http://blogs.bootsnall.com/dan A BootsnAll Travel Blog Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:00:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Photo of the blog: Discarded wheelchairs and crutches at the Casa de Dom Inacio, Brazil. "Energy is the real substance behind matter and form" - Randolph Stone Before reading this blog entry, it is useful to read this article: http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/miracle.man.html. João de Deus is most famous for his healing miracles such as pulling people ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/dan/you-cant-measure-love-in-a-laboratory.html Photo of the blog: Views from the Casa Gardens After a few days of solitude and settling in, it was finally Wednesday. Today was a "Casa Day" which meant that João was there, at the Casa de Dom Inacio, ready and waiting to attend to whoever turned up. Abadiania ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/dan/the-casa.html Again I found myself at the immense Brasilia "Rodoferroviaria" ready to catch another bus. Brasilia is really the hub of all things weird, wonderful and paranormal in Brasil, if not the world. Fortunately, Monica was still with me too, she was heading to Rio but had enough time to help ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/dan/abadiania-arrival.html After a short local bus ride out of Brasilia, Monica and I arrived in Gama, a small and simple town full of half built houses and kids playing soccer in the street. This was definitely off the "Gringo Trail"... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/dan/valentino-and-his-magic-scissors.html Photo of the blog: Waterfall at the amazing "Parque nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros". This national park is a must if you have a few months in Brasil. The whole area is covered in quartz crystal and has a very powerful energy. The waterfalls and canyons are ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/dan/from-chamado-to-chapada.html Photo of the blog: Temporary homes at "O Chamado de Beija Flor" (Festival of the Hummingbird). Hummingbirds were a real theme on this trip, they tended to appear at the magical moments, times when I was high on the adventure, times when I really felt that I was "In the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/dan/the-hummingbirds-gifts.html Photo of the Blog: Organic Carob ready for milling at Yacu Yura, near Capilla del Monte, Argentina. So the big question everyone is asking is "what are we doing in Argentina"? By now you know that I am involved with a project in Argentina. I have bought land to build a ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/dan/what-we-are-doing-in-argentina-and-ways-you-can-help.html I arrived in Floripa in torrential rain, it was 9 degrees celcius outside, I was alone and didn’t speak the language. Sounds horrible, but I was so excited to be back here that it overshadowed everything. I was greeted at the bus station by a man called Adão, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/dan/the-astral-travelling-surfers.html With the dream land safely secured under deposit, it was finally time to go to Brazil. I have been waiting for this moment for many years. I was first in Brazil in 2002 at the end of my last South America trip. Back then, I only ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/dan/smokey-and-the-border-crossing-bandits.html A beautiful poem by the lovely Aly that really lifted me this morning. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/dan/my-land-beckons.html