Blogs from Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North America - page 17

Gday peoples, Work has been keeping me busy but ive been all over the south east of the USA. Towns and cities like Atlanta and Newnan in the great state of Georgia, Spartanburg and Leesville in the state of South Carolina and who could forget Moncure in North Carolina. Generally drive anywhere from 4-6 hours on the sunday night or early monday morning, work all week then charge back to Charleston at the end of the week. Thought id give you all a little pictorial essay of the sights and sounds of my travels! Catch you later you bunch of lunatics. Simo... read more

July 2009 was another fun month for the Dorsey's. Of course, we started the month with a Fourth of July Parade in Dunwoody. For the last few years we have joined Melissa and family near the same spot on Mount Vernon to watch the parade. It seems to get better each year. It gives you a good small town feeling. The kids love it too. The next week we had a small party for Ted’s birthday. Melissa had arranged to have a blow up jumping thing for the kids to play in. I noticed at one point that Jackie was in there jumping with the kids. I ignored her later when she said her back hurt. She doesn’t listen to me. Ted had fun with the family joining in. He got lots of presents and a ... read more

Race is very controversial subject to discuss, even more when it has to do to with racism and the perception every individual and culture has of it. As a person who was raised in Colombia, race was never a very present aspect in my life, but after living for more than ten years in the United States, my understanding of race and racism dramatically changed. After being in Rio de Janeiro and studying more about this culture, I discovered a different way of analyzing how the subject of race is understood and handled based on my experience in America. Even though America and Brazil have both suffered from significant racial discrimination throughout the history, in Brazil this issue has not been as stressed and pointed out as in the States. In America, racial discrimination has been ... read more

It is amazing how two bordering countries such as Brazil and Argentina can be so close to each other and yet be so different at the same time. I would say that the only thing they have in common is their passion for soccer. This passion is clearly explained in “The Beautiful Game”. Part of this reading describes how soccer defeats and victories have had the power to greatly affect Brazilians. The most relevant example given on this was what happened in 1950 at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro when Brazil was defeated by Uruguay in the World Cup final. The disappointment was such, that the results were perceived not only as a tragedy but also as a punishment. From that moment on, a lot of different superstitions were born. It is well known ... read more

What a place. After a bit of a late start, we seem to have a few of those. We finally got out to Tybee island. Its about 15 miles west of Savannah, Its all marsh land to get out there, with rivers winding there way inland. Alot of the shrimp boats come up these rivers. People had their own docks , some with 200m or more of above ground wooden footpaths, winding over the long grassed swamp. Tybee island is just like Foxton Beach !!, yeh right . We think it was quite touristy but from an American point of view, I'm sure it is classed as a small ,quaint, little beach town. So we finally got to ride our bikes, In the sweltering heat! Stopped at a gas station to buy some water, said bugger ... read more