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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By larissain | Views [230] | Scholarship Entry
The best thing about travelling is people. Seeing the world, communicating in a new language, savoring exotic flavours, even finding yourself (whatever that means), that is all great, but... People are what travel is all about. Forever imprinted on your ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By bobbyperrittmoungaloa | Views [295] | Scholarship Entry
I was exactly who you would not expect to see at night in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Skinny and wearing a sleeveless shirt, I was 18-years-old with dirty blond hair and white skin on a stubborn mission not to tan. But there I was on my way back ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By andeh | Views [245] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
Cocooned in the rustic metallic shell of an aged VW Beetle, we braved the bumpy, unlit and lonely rural roads in the Brazilian hinterland. There were four of us being thrown around in the vehicle, a friend, myself and two amicable Brazilian we had met ... Read more >
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By where_next | Photo Gallery
Catching the moment
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By christyzinn | Views [346] | Scholarship Entry
The thought that any nationality could beat the South African with the amount of meat he consumes was not one I readily conceptualised until I spent a sweltering Sunday afternoon with thirty-odd Brazilians. It is Easter Sunday, and I am sitting on the ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By where_next | Views [330] | Scholarship Entry
PRAIA DO AMOR October days are short in Brazil. Sun falls down at six. Tiasha was staying in Pipa, a surfing resort near Natal.There was no sign of tourist rush. She was the only person staying in the attic dorm with balcony. If you travel alone, the ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By gyro | Views [246] | Scholarship Entry
In Travel in interior Argentine by Bike on Summer, under a burning sun, I read yesterday Argentine's Newspaper, it was the worst dryness of local since it's been measured, 41 degrees was marked: - Dios Mio ! I thought I was in Africa. My potable water, ... Read more >
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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By laurav | Views [247] | Scholarship Entry
“Quidada, e’ muito quente e vai te cremar!” Ouch! By burning my fingers with hot glue yet again I understood my colleagues’ warning and that I had to learn Portuguese ASAP for my survival, literally! Before going to Rio de Janeiro as a volunteer costume ... Read more >
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Mon, 15 Apr 2013 | By brismalls | Views [359]
Week eight began with the realization that my volunteering work was coming to an end very soon. On Monday and Tuesday we kept busy finishing the pictures on the wall, buy items for the garden, and working on the fence. I managed to understand the gardeners ... Read more >
Fri, 12 Apr 2013 | By a_johnson | Views [502]
After spending over two weeks along the Brazilian coastline, my next destination was Minas Gerais! A seven hour bumpy journey, on an overnight bus through VERY windy uphill roads took me to my first stop-the colonial town of Ouro Preto.Situated high ... Read more >
Tags: churches, colonial history, cuisine, minas gerais
Thu, 11 Apr 2013 | By romanimani | Views [275] | Scholarship Entry
I dip my toes in Ipanema. The water is surprisingly warm and I envy two kids playing knee high in the soft waves. Looking around I spot a friendly bunch chatting, so I ask them to keep an eye on my stuff while I enter the sea - "Sure! Put it next to our's".... Read more >
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Sun, 7 Apr 2013 | By brismalls | Views [269]
Here to write about another successful week to put into the books. Monday morning Tom and I headed off to my project ready to finish painting out wall and figure out how we were going to get all the supplies we needed for our future fence. The gardeners ... Read more >
Thu, 4 Apr 2013 | By a_johnson | Views [670]
Leaving Rio behind the next stop on my route was Buzios, a quaint coastal town a few hours drive from Rio. After reading in a guidebook that Buzios is to Rio de Janeiro what the Hamptons are to New York I was intrigued to find out what this place was ... Read more >
Tags: arraial do cabo, beaches, boat tours, buzios
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 | By brismalls | Views [309]
Six weeks down and two to go for my volunteering experience here in Brazil! Last Monday Tom and I headed to the garden determined to figure out exactly what they wanted for the garden. We had someone from Iko Poran stop by to be the translator so there ... Read more >
Sat, 30 Mar 2013 | By a_johnson | Photo Gallery
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