more pics

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Here are some selected unseen pictures from my recent trip to Brasil and Colombia. Most are from Colombia. Thanks to everyone for keeping up with the blog. I wish I could have kept it better updated while down in South America but I hope you enjoyed. See ya!

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Photos

Copacabana Palace
About 20 of us had drinks and appetizers there.

Copacabana Palace
Flavien with some bananas in the lobby of the Copacabana Palace.

Bar do Mineiro
A cool little restaurant/bar in the hill area of Santa Teresa overlooking Rio.

favela
shantytown outside Rio's football stadium

jungle lab
This is the cocaine lab we saw on our trek. It was just a small one but interesting nonetheless.

factoria
this guy is pouring gasoline into the mix. notice the yankees shirt he is wearing......typical

factoria
this guy is in the process of making cocaine

factoria
adding sulfuric acid to the mix

coca
That mulch looking pile is actually a pile of ground up coca leaves.

the product
well almost the finished product. the paramilitaries hold the last ingredient(acetone) so that they can control the business.

For Mom
Doesn't every mother want a picture of their son in a Colombian cocaine lab?

jungle swing
There were vines strong enough to swing from here.

sleeping accomodation
We slept in these hammocks under a tin roof. We put mosqito nets over the hammocks when it became dark.

Ciudad Perdida
This site is especially amazing after hiking through the dense jungle for 3 days.

staircase
These are some of the many, many, many steps leading up to Ciudad Perdida(The Lost City).