Hills of São Gabriel

this modern life

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June 23rd 2006
I woke up today covered in bugbites from some unknown critter that lives in the room and feeds on me everynight. No one else in the house has this problem - it must be my rich foreign blood. But immediately it calls to mind the expression of sleeping tight and not letting the bedbugs bite, to which I´ve been puzzling over how one sleeps tight, and how exactly you can not "let" them bite you. I gu ... read more

South America » Brazil » Minas Gerais » Belo Horizonte

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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