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Brazil

Poor Niagra

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbeStrDyJhg] Upon seeing Iguazu, the United States' First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt reportedly exclaimed "Poor Niagara!" As for me, upon seeing Iguazu, I said "Well this is pretty cool". But Eleanor was right in that Niagra Falls or even Angel Falls in Venezuela pale in comparison to this shortlisted world wonder. "Legend has it that a god … [Read more...] about Poor Niagra

My Naive Thoughts on Brazil

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Disclaimer: I only spent a little over a month in Brazil and do not speak Portuguese so these views may be completely off. I came to Brazil with so many expectations that it took me a few weeks to finally ignore them and really start enjoying the country. It seems that Brazil is the least race conscious country I have visited. It was very common to see friends and couples of … [Read more...] about My Naive Thoughts on Brazil

Brazil: Arriving in Sao Paulo…err NYC

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I am in Rio De Janeiro now, and have been for the past 3 days. But before Rio I started in Brasil's largest city, Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo is massive in its actual size of the city, skyscrapers, subway system, etc. I will be honest and say that I was really nervous coming to Brasil. When I first began traveling solo in South America, the most nerveracking part of it all is … [Read more...] about Brazil: Arriving in Sao Paulo…err NYC

Rio Nightlife

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Street parties, favela parties, train station party´s, and July party´s. Lately, I have been going to some pretty unique party´s. Every friday night in Rio, most of the young people will bus it to Lapa. Lapa can be described as the cheap ($1 beers) bohemian part of Rio. Thousands of people go and the streets are near impossible to navigate. Some people go into discotheque's … [Read more...] about Rio Nightlife