Apparently today is Easter (or Páscoa if you are in Brazil). I did not see any egg hunts going on, and I did not see any large rabbits rampaging through the streets scaring the daylights out of children. So it was not truly Easter I suppose, but it appeared that people were having a good time
Hiking Corcovado To Cristo Redentor (Giant Stone Jesus)
LOOK! Up there on the cliff! It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's Superman! Well, actually it's not Superman, it's Giant Stone Jesus - sorry to disappoint you. Although now that I am thinking about the two of them, Giant Stone Jesus vs. Superman in a battle to the death would certainly be
Power Outlets In Brazil: What You Need To Know
I haven't spoken to anyone else down here about this yet, but prior to my departure I had a difficult time determining what sort of adapter and/or voltage converter (if any) I would need to bring with me in order to accommodate my electronics in Brazil. It was frustrating not being able to 100%
The Refugee Camp: Kicked Out Of My Brazilian Apartment
Recently a long and complicated string of unfortunate events took place in this Brazilian life of mine, and so I have constructed this visual approximation to help with everyone's understanding: Don't understand? I got kicked out of my apartment (because the owner loves his girlfriend more
Açaí: Delicious Purple Goodness From Brazil
Pictured above we have a delicious and savory bowl of açaí. And I know that many of you may think that you've had açaí before, but let me assure you that this wonderful and mysterious product of the Amazon is done no justice by the "flavored" products found in the US (juices, teas, vodkas, Jamba
Getting Drunk On Tap Water In Brazil
No place is perfect, and with every pro must come a con; because folks, this world is a zero-sum game and there is no winner without a loser (you want to tie all the time? What are you, some sort of Obama-loving socialist?). So in Brazil, like many places around the world, the con that comes to
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 meaning of words exist because of what the society around them dictates. I could say something like "vai tomar no cu" to an English-speaking person and even if they had
Going To A Baile Funk In Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas
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 can congregate a large number of people) where funk music is played (and here the word "funk" should be pronounced "funky"). What is funk you ask? Well in Brazil it denotes a
The Favelas Of Rio de Janeiro
The favelas (or the PC terminology - comunidades) in Rio de Janeiro and around Brazil have gotten a bad rap over the years (for those of you who don't know, a favela refers to a slum community - in Rio, many of these are built into the hills surrounding the city). Sure, the drug dealers of Brazil