Okay. Problem. You are thirsty. What do you do? Grab water from the tap? You can’t do that, you are in Brazil. Grab a Mountain…
You have a cough. Shouldn’t have gotten sick in the first place, but now you have to do something to remedy this. What do you do? Nothing?…
It is rare that I find myself looking at a CRT in the States. The awkward shape of it, the bevel of the screen, the…
Do you like cheese? Do you like the beach? Do you like Brazil? Well then I have some great news regarding fried cheese on a stick on the beach in Brazil!
If there is one thing you can expect to encounter in Brazil it is lines. Now these may be the kinds of lines you are…
In Brazil, I have discovered that when I step onto a scale, I appear to be very light, but when I go to the gym,…
Rio de Janeiro hosted the first ever (and aptly named) Rock in Rio music festival in 1985. Following the ten-day-long flagship event that featured Queen,…
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Chinese…
Getting home late at night (or early in the morning) can be challenging for many reasons (crocodiles, muggers, ropes courses, etc.), but Brazil adds another…
The best surfers in the world gathered in Rio de Janeiro this past weekend for the Billabong Pro Rio. Competitions took place over ten days…
I can think of nothing more enjoyable than being shuffled around from person to person, department to department, place to place, in an endless search…
Behold. The top of Rio de Janeiro. Pedra da Gávea. Taller than Cristo Redentor (Giant Stone Jesus) and Pão de Açúcar, it offers arguably the…
