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* Rio de Janeiro: End of Days
* Rio de Janeiro: Sand and Fog * Rio de Janeiro: Where It's At * Ouro Preto: The Toucan * Photos: Amazon * Porto Seguro: Chill * Ilheus: Jorgetown * Salvador: Vibe
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September 17, 2005Rio de Janeiro: End of DaysIt is an unusual place, Rio. In a world of contrasts, Rio might take home the blue ribbon. (Though I think I could edge it out when it comes to use of tired clichés.)...Read this update September 16, 2005Rio de Janeiro: Sand and FogThere is a lot to do in Rio de Janeiro, but what people (tourists) mostly do is just lie on the beach. I can understand that. I’m not much of a beach fan, but it was amazing to walk one...Read this update September 11, 2005Rio de Janeiro: Where It's AtI’ve often wondered how bus drivers on long journeys, especially overnight journeys, manage to stay awake. It usually doesn’t bear thinking about, especially considering that given the number of hours I’ve spent on buses this year, statistically-speaking, I should have...Read this update September 10, 2005Ouro Preto: The ToucanThere is a small town in Brazil called Ouro Preto that was a pretty rich town in its day. It was a gold rush town back when people used phrases like “gold rush.” With all that gold so conveniently located...Read this update September 07, 2005Photos: AmazonThe first Brazilian photos. I think there might be one of Colombia in here as well, which does prove that I was there, just to pre-empt any crap anybody that might be coming my way. But mostly we’ve got the...Read this update September 06, 2005Porto Seguro: ChillOn the fourth day of September I left Ilheus, taking a bus about five hours south along the coast to a little place called Porto Seguro. It was off the highway, right on the sea, and the fact that a...Read this update September 03, 2005Ilheus: JorgetownMy family is an extremely well-read bunch, and I am anticipating a collective groan from them when I say that I had never heard of Brazilian author Jorge Amato (‘Hore-hay’ Amato, I guess). But honestly, is he famous at all?...Read this update September 02, 2005Salvador: VibeSalvador was the first town in a while that I found it possible to do nothing except wander around and find a whole day had gone past. It seems to be a town that comes alive in the evening, that...Read this update |
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