brazil2009
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Bem-vindo ao Brasil
Trip from Chicago to Mexico City was smooth. Mexico city is enormous! Chatted with a Mexican national during the flight and he complained how the city is so unplanned and unorganized and many areas are known as “lost cities” (ie slums). Four hours in the airport and then off to Sao Paulo. Overnight trip was…
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Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness” – Mark Twain
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Map and other
Map and other This is a Google Map of the trip. It gives an optimistic scenario for our trip, in which Thomas and I will bicycle from Fortaleza to Salvador. A more realistic version would be Fortaleza to Recife. But hey… “don’t dream small” 🙂
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There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign,” – Robert Louis Stevenson Source
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Refresh
So i’ve been consumed with my life in the past few weeks that i wasn’t able to update this blog. The dates for the Brazil trip are shaping up nicely. Tentative:August 14th – September 4th. Although the trip might be shorter than I initially wanted it to be, it will be a good 2.5 weeks…
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Portuguese
Just downloaded Rosetta Stone Portuguese and will make an attempt to pick up a bit of Portuguese. The goal is to be comfortable during the trip and being comfortable means at least having an idea/understanding of what locals speak. Let’s get started on the lessons!
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Blog taking a turn
Good morning, Today is June 30th, 7:05 in Chicago and I am wide awake and ready to start a new day. First things first: I started this blog a couple of months ago with an intention to keep track of the ideas that come to mind and I must admit that I was not very…
