Favela on the Mountain

South of Rio's Ipanema and Leblon

May 19th 2009
Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, I hope this entry finds you in high spirits and good health! It has been a long time since I last wrote an entry, I guess that means it has been too long since I last adventured! Okay, so that is a lie. Anyhow, I am currently adventuring in Rio de Janeiro (city), Brazil and what an amazing place it is! Being winter the air is currently a balmy temperature of 7 ... read more

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more

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Simon H

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About myself? Well, I enjoy Wendell Berry, which tells you something about me. And these are just some of his words, which will tell you more about me: No individual life is and end in itself. One can live fully only by participating fully in the succession of generations, in death as well as in life. Some would say (and I am one of them) that we can live fully only by making ourselves as answerable to the claims if eternity as to those of time...I am aware how brash this commentary will seem, coming from me... The issue I am attempting to deal with, however, is not knowledge but ignorance... full info

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