Bartering In Brazil: Reais And Their Animals
Similar to language, money is made up. It has no real value just as words have no real meaning. The value of money and the…
Similar to language, money is made up. It has no real value just as words have no real meaning. The value of money and the…
What is a baile funk, you ask? Well, it is, in short, a party (in a club, on the street, on the beach, wherever you…
The favelas (or the PC terminology – comunidades) in Rio de Janeiro and around Brazil have gotten a bad rap over the years (for those…
Until now I have been talking a lot about beer. I know a lot of you don’t drink beer. I know a lot of you…
If you do not know what Carnaval is (or maybe if you think you know what Carnaval is), you are missing out. In short, this…
This is Part 3 or a three-part story of my trip to Florianópolis. To get yourself up to speed, start with Part 1. Brazil has…
After deciding where to travel to, one must decide where to reside in their city/area/place of temporary residence. As we all should know by now…
Sometimes when all you are trying to do is work as hard as you can in your classes, your university up and decides (without even…
The alien spacecraft pictured above can be found in the city of Niterói, located just across the bay from Rio de Janeiro. When extraterrestrials first…
Growing up I envied the lunch lady. She brought (and still brings) happiness to the crushed spirits of elementary, middle, and high school students (and…
Sometimes when you’re out on the town, regular food just won’t do it. What you need is some greasy, mysterious, night food from out the back of a dirty van.
Everybody hates seagulls. Everybody. And if you are sitting there thinking to yourself, “now just a second there, I like seagulls” then you are wrong…