Greetings Mortals, So here I am in famous Floripa. Well that is the nickname anyway. From what I have been told I should have been here in January. The place is really beautiful. Just went swimming in a lagoon yesterday. It is always sunny here. Today we might rent a car and go check out other beaches. The ladies are absolutely stunning and my neck muscles are getting really strong from all that turning from side to side. One problem however, I am not sure if I ever met least friendly people or snobby/narrow minded.com. Once they find out you do not speak portugese it is over before it even began. Even in the nighclubs...it is beginning to remind me of Calgary except the eye candy is way and the Russ means WAYYYY better here. I ... read more

Antarctic Peninsula Eh? This might be a longer email but hey....one can´t possibly skip the details. Our ship was quite a collection of oddballs but I guess that´s what makes it fun. The first day we were crossing the Beagle Channel so everything was cool. The next day, we start crossing the Drake Passage. I thought I was going to be a hero and find out if I get sea sick or not. (Mind you, that the drake passage has the roughest waters in the world). The answer came the next day, about 2 hours after breakfast. I wasn´t feeling like US$1.5 million and after I recycled my breakfast the second time, I thought: ´´Hey, maybe, just maybe it is time to see a doctor and take some pills. So that is exactly what I did. ... read more

So here I am in Santiago. I love it here. I already met two Canadians (from Vancouver Island, Ryan and Christian) at the airport so I am hanging out with them tonight and tomorrow I am goin to southern argentina to go further in my adventures...so far I have been walking around the city and now I am sampling some seriously good Chilean wine...yum. Tonight I will try to go to a good night club...we´ll see how it goes. I will download some pictures from Argentina. talk to you later all.... read more