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2Brothers3Continents - Claudio e Fernando

Claudio e Fernando Departure date? August 3 2005. Arrival date? November 2008. Yes, 3 years latter! Used to be at July 2007, but we stretched for another year. Check out our entry The plan

Claudio (Left):
I have two sayings that guide my life:
1 "Desta vida não se leva nada, só a vida que agente leva. (From this life we don't take anything, just the life we live)"
2 "Its worst to regret of something that you have not done, than something you have done".
Born June first of 1981 in Brazil. Graduated in Computer Engineer in 2003. Worked since graduation as a Bussines Consultant in projects in different countries of the world. - "I finally decided that instead waiting my carrier give me time, I would take time and make my carrier wait. I quit my job and joined my brother in a world trip for 2 years... at least this used to be the plan... hehehe".

Fernando(Right): I...
...love all that's new: new places, new people, new experiences.
...like the extremes, everything that's just normal doesn't attract me. Has to be the heat of the Sahara or the cold of Siberia, the vibe of a party or the peace of a island.
...am not attached to material things (not anymore), I need only what is in my bag.
...am always in a different place, so I make new friends very easily.
...can communicate by signs with anyone who doesn't speak one of my 5 languages
...go to inhospitable places just to know how it is.
...don't plan. I go with the wind, so don't have date to leave or to arrive.
Freedom is very good, but nobody said it's easy. I had to learn many things to make it possible.

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By 2Brothers3Continents
October 28th 2008
The Farewell Europe » Germany
Before I
Before I
Planing in the beginning of the trip.
Do you believe in the MEDIA? The classical Greek philosopher Plato describe in his work "The Republic" a fictional dialog between His Teacher Socrates and his brother Glaucon. In this dialog Socrates uses the Metaphor of the Cave to describe that the reality is not always what you see. He exemplify with Prisoners in a cave that can only sees shadows during their whole lives, not knowing they are shadows, themselves start thinking the images they see are the actual reality. Plato lived 1500 years ago, but these metaphor still up to date. Television is wide spread throughout the world now [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 22nd 2009 | 173 Views | [diary=399199]

Before II
Fernando after
Claudio after

Arbeit Macht Frei
Arbeit Macht Frei
The infamous "Work brings freedom" from Hitler's concentration camps.
Only a couple of minutes waiting in the special Hitch-hiker spot at Vilnius and we got a ride. We were happy. Our destiny was showing it's bright side. It wasn't until afternoon it started to show it's dark side. The couple in the car took us a few kilometers ahead and dropped us off, a few minutes latter they passed again by the same spot and decided to take us further. We were advancing very quickly and were amazed with our luck. We were dropped off in the main highway to Poland, it couldn't be a better place. The excitement of [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 13th 2009 | 240 Views | [diary=399162]

Auschwitz
Inside Auschwitz
Streets of Krakow

Hitch Hiking
Hitch Hiking
Claudio in Lithuania getting us a ride to Poland.
Our ride took us to the center of Vilnius, just next to an Internet cafe that we could use to contact our host. (Thanks for the ride!). We checked our host phone number and and went for a night walk trying to find a public phone. The city center at night was beautiful, the weather was great (wasn't raining and wasn't very cold), but the public phones were calling card only and we couldn't buy any cards. Technology can be a blessing and can be a curse at the same time. We saw the cursing side before, but soon we found [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 27th 2009 | 202 Views | [diary=399161]

Karolis

Ancient architecture
Ancient architecture
the three most famous buildings
We always heard about students backpacking around Europe in very low budget (below 10 Euros a day). Even thou we heard all this stories we could never understand how they did it, since Europe has the most expensive costs for transport and accommodation we have seen. So what is the enigma? Only after 90000Km traveled in 3 years on the road we finally found out! We left Tallinn early in the morning, took a local bus to the "hitch hike hotspot" and within a few minutes we got a lift, taken by a guy who used to travel a lot, always [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 27th 2009 | 111 Views | [diary=371644]

Lights
Window

By 2Brothers3Continents
October 13th 2008
Hitch Hiking Europe » Estonia
Postcard
Postcard
Us in front os the main atraction in Talin
We approached the border frightened, was only when we got on the bus that we thought about the visa for Estonia. We checked the requirements for Latvia and Lithuania, but not for Estonia!! A friendly girl on the bus called some friends to ask, but couldn't get any information. If we needed a visa we were going to be in trouble! Russia for sure would not let us go back and we would be locked in the no-man land unless we could somehow get to Finland. We were desperate and as we we arrived at the Estonia border we saw the [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 3rd 2009 | 464 Views | [diary=368691]

Garden
Chefs
Dinner

Feet up
Feet up
The change of the guard, Russian stile
Early in the morning we ended our transsiberian journey. After 3 days in Irkutsk near lake Baikal and 4 great days and nights in the train, enjoying beautiful scenarios over the windows we had to come back to real life, or more precise backpacking life. As soon as stepped out of the train in Moscow we had a mission. Find a cheap place to stay. Soon we discovered why Moscow won the title of one of the most expensive cities on the planet. The hostel/Hotels/Guest Houses prices here are just absurd. Floating from 25 to 40 dollars for a dorm bed. [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 30th 2009 | 346 Views | [diary=346858]

Aurora
The colors of St Petersburg
Listvianka

Steam Engine
Steam Engine
The Transsib was water powered
The Transsiberian Train is a journey by itself. There are many travelers leaving their countries just to take the longest train ride in the world. To be precise we didn't ride across the Transsiberian line, this one connects Moscow to Vladivostok. We crossed the Transmongolian line, from Beijing in China over Mongolia finishing in Moscow (The Transsiberian and Transmongolian join they journey around half way near lake Baikal in Siberia). There are so many ways to do this trip. From a nostalgic direct, super luxury coach to a cattle-class hop-on hop-off vodka filled adventure. It all [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 21st 2008 | 789 Views | [diary=336569]

Tickets
Claudio
Beijing

Sheepherder
Sheepherder
From the Mongolian plains
I'm sorry Mongolia. I know you offer so many beautiful places to visit, your people are so hospitable, your plains so vast, your lakes so clear, in the summer horse riding festivals and in the winter ice skating on the lakes. So much to do, so many square kilometers to enjoy. But, after so long on the road we are tired, with the expectancy of arrive home and re-starting our jobs we have our minds focused on other place that's not here. If we missed most of your attractions is because we took the opportunity to sit inside the hostel and [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 20th 2008 | 583 Views | [diary=328058]

Nomad Familie
Town
Vodka

By 2Brothers3Continents
September 14th 2008
Beijing 2008 Asia » China
Bird Nest
Bird Nest
by night
Claudio during the whole trip was the one worried about buying guide books, checking information and planing the next part of the trip. Fernando was always more relaxed :"I don't think we have to buy them! We can change our guide books with other travelers once in China". Convinced by Fernando we entered China without guide book. It would made a difference afterwards. Our trip to China "started" in Vietnam. We needed the new visa and during the Olympics instead of easier it was much harder to get it. We tried in Laos and Cambodia without success, Vietnam was our last [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 16th 2008 | 407 Views | [diary=327763]

Forbidden city
Terracotta Warriors
Pingyao

Red Bridge
Red Bridge
Over Hoan Kiem Lake.
Happy anniversary! In Vietnam we commemorate 3 years on the road and 50 countries visited! Everyone had told us that the traffic in Vietnam was crazy. From the border to Saigon you will take 3 hours for 100km! - They said. But as we have been in India before we wondered how much worse it could be. From the border to Saigon (or Ho Chi Minh) we did took 3 hours but the traffic was a surprise. Although it was ultra crowded with motorbikes (a continuous line of motorbikes every road), nobody respected traffic lights or road signs and there is [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 26th 2008 | 529 Views | [diary=317065]

Market
Lanterns
Salt Plains



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