Ok its been a while since my last blog. Sorry about that. I still havent found my camera cable, so i cannot upload any of the hundreads of amazing pictures i have taken. I am having a lot of fun. My portuguese is getting much better. I am taking lessons on skype and of course trying to falar (speak) as much as i can. I have met a lot of really cool people, and have basically been traveling back and forth from Rio to Saquarema. Some of the fun things ive done since my last blog.... 1.Lots of bicycling in Rio. [View Full Entry]

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Im still alive. Im in Rio. Having a great time. This city is incredible. I will make it short today and update with pics and more details soon. The bus, car and motorcycle drivers are freggin nuts. I really cant describe it. If you drove like this in the states you would go to jail. But somehow it works and no one crashes. People know how to drive here. I love it. My Portugese still is pathetic and not sure it will ever be good it seems. I dont have internet anymore so I will post when I can but got [View Full Entry]

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Today in Brazil is the day of the dead. I guess the Brazillians celebrate the dead. Similar to Halloween. Last night was very big party in the city of Saquarema. I rode my bicycle down to the city and connected with an american that i met at a party two nights ago. Charlie is from Chicago. Very cool guy who knows many brazillians. We had a great time last night and i understand why now they call today the day of the dead. I am feeling like im very close to death. A lot of beer and Johnny Walker lastnight. I [View Full Entry]

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Ok, ok Nayse got me to paint a couple of flower pots of hers today after our shopping adventures. Let's see the weather has been nice but not amazing, just not as much sun as I would like. Really who cares, right? It is above 75 degrees and Im a block away from the beach. Zero complaints. Oh yea, I really want to apologize to everyone because I have gone back and read some of my blogs and my grammar is atrocious, and so is my spelling. My god what was I thinking... I should be hung. So, if your offended [View Full Entry]

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The last couple of days have been a bit frustrating. This is simply because I think I am the only person in this town that speaks english at all. My goal here was to learn Portuguese. I am trying, and to some degree I am picking up a few words here and there. I sure study a lot. What happens is every time I am put in a situation to try to speak to someone it seems as though someone has tied a rope around my tongue...with a boat anchor attached to the other end. Arrgh. To my credit I can [View Full Entry]

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Ive been doing a whole lot of nothing at all. Beach, BBQ, beer, back to the beach. This is the life. Nayse's bed and breakfast is just perfect. It has a very mellow laid back vibe throughout. It has 10 rooms plus nayse has an apartment that is above the breakfast area. Really nice. Yesterday I went to the local street market with Nayse and Momma. They picked up a load of fruit and veggies, all fresh just picked from the locals. After that we headed off to the beach. Only a block away. The sand is really nice and weather [View Full Entry]

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My last day in DC was great. I did plenty of sight seeing and a whole lot of walking. Janesse may my last day in the states very enjoyable. We got to see a few more museums, the declaration of independence, the national aquarium, and enjoy a good lunch. I am glad I got to hang in DC for a couple of days. Ok, ok Enough of that, I am now in Saquarema. Nayse and her momma were at the airport about a minute after I made it through customs. We drove through Rio heading about 2 hours north to the [View Full Entry]

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Ok actually made it to central Washington DC. Jumped a metro bus to the city that I haven't visited for 30 years. The city is clean, people are pretty friendly and incredible buildings. The only annoying thing about the city is everyone lays on the horns in there cars....everywhere. Really very annoying. Visited the other Smithsonian air museuem. Not as cool as the one by the airport but they did have the Howard Hughes H-1 racer that is probably the sexiest airplane on the planet, they were restoring it. After that went on to the Smithsonian Art Museum. Monet's, Rembrant's, Manet, [View Full Entry]

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My first day of travel! Flew from Detroit metro to Baltimore. Thinking I would save 30-40 dollars on my travel by not flying into Dulles (where im flying out to Brazil) I found out that the shuttle from Balt to Dulles is 65 dollars plus tip. I guess my plan didnt work. So much for being cheap. Got in to my hotel and headed off the the Smithsonian air museum. Only way to describe it is WOW!!... This place is without a doubt one of the single most impressive places I have ever been. I wish I had 3 days to [View Full Entry]

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Well im setting up my travel blog for my trip to Brazil. My adventure begins somewhere around the 15-20th of this month. So we will see how it goes. It looks as though I am flying out of Chicago and I believe it is a direct flight from chicago to San Paulo and then on to Rio. My very good friend Nayse will be picking me up from the airport in Rio and we are going on to a small city called Saquirema north of Rio about an hour. I will be there for a short time and back to Rio [View Full Entry]

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