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This Is Awesome

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

Bon Gia!!

Or should I say Good Morning!!

I´m having a great time in South America. I´ve done some killer shoe shopping in Sao Paulo and went to Argentina to see the falls. You all should go down there. It~s the most spectactular thing I´ve seen in my whole life. Imagine a “U” shaped valley whose sides are covered with water falls. You can´t take a picture of the whole thing because it~s easily over a mile and a half long. I spent seven hours on the paths through the rainforest and saw lots of animails. Macaws (the fruit loop bird :), Iguanas, thousands of beautiful butterflies, other tropical birds and these cute little furry things called Curitas. They look like racoons they hang on trees.

I´m going back to Brazil today to see the bird park and then fly to Salvador de Bahia.

Pictures can’t capture the falls ´cause you can´´t see the 200 plus falls in one pic.

Me taking a break..a the German who took this told me to “bask in the nature”.

The falls:

The animals:

Well gotta go folks…headin´back to Brazil. HAving a great time 🙂

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My Itinerary

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

Okay people!! 2 days and counting..so any replies before then won’t get a postcard. The map below lists the places I’ll be seeings. It’s over 9300 miles that I’ll cover and that’s not counting the flight to and from the counrty. Look below the map for details.

The Places I'll Go...Hopefully

1. Dec 26 (12hrs): Sao Paulo – Think of a city of gargantuan proportions. The largest in South America, it has the most Japanese people outside of Japan and the most Italians outside of Italy. The city is bigger than New York and London. Even though I won’t see much, it least I should find some decent Sushi and pasta while I stretch my legs from the long flight down.

2. Dec 26-28: Igaussu Falls – On the border of Paraguay and Argentina. Think of this as Niagra Falls on drugs.

3. Dec 28 – Jan 2: Salvador – This city boasts the most Churches outside of Rome. It’s also known as the city that has the most parties in Brazil including the biggest Carnival in the country. I’ll be ringing in the New Years here on the beach.

4. Jan 2-5: Fernando De Noronha – An 7 square mile island 200 miles (I think) off the coast. They only let 425 people on the island at a time so I figure it will be a chill place to recuperate from the New Year’s Eve Festivities.

5. Jan 5-10: Rio de Janerio – What can I say since this is the only city most people know about in Brazil

6.Jan 10-13: Manuas – This city is in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. 1000 miles in every direction you’ll run into jungle. In fact, the only way to reach this city of one million is by plane or boat. I’ll stay overnight then go 3 hours into the rainforest for the remainder of this stay.

7. Jan 13: Sao Paulo – I’m heading back to the US baby.
8. Jan 14: Houston – Staying overnight at a friends house
9. Jan 15: Cincinnati

Well that’s my trip in a nutshell. Posts coming after Christmas.

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