Trekking in Parque Nacional Chapada Diamantina

We started Friday with a wonderful breakfast. A large and bountiful buffet was waiting for us in the middle of…

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Diamonds are a girl’s best friend

What a difference a day makes or rather a night. We passed a peaceful and uneventful night in the Villa…

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Up north to Salvador, Bahia State

We had a relaxed evening with Rod, driving around Rio in the early evening and he showed us Barra. Another…

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Sambadrome & the girls from Ipanema

We didn’t meet up with Rod and his family cause we already had a delay getting on the metro. Just…

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Cristo Redentor

We had a lovely evening with Rod’s family and enjoyed seafood risotto and some kind of vegetarian risotto. Rod’s family…

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Rio, hot & sweaty

We made it through the first night with a lot of tossing and turning. At least I did, Sylvia just…

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On the way to Rio

My friend Sylvia came with the cab at 5:10 to pick me up. Had a really short night cause was…

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New year, new challenges, new travels

So much has happened since I wrote the last time. We finalized our Brazil vacation. My friend and I agreed…

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Venice, what a difference a day makes

Yesterday we had the perfect day with lots of sunshine and blue sky. Here, take a look: Campanile and Palazzo…

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Sunshine in Venice

I had to get up at 6am this morning and this was the first face I saw: Mandy is really…

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