Blogs from Bahia, Brazil, South America - page 58

Now that we are back on the boat from Puerto Rico, classes have come into full effect! I won’t lie it has been pretty hard getting into the school mode. I do like all of my classes though; I am taking Global Studies, which is a requirement for all students. We have the class everyday and we can either sit in the actual area where the class takes place called the union or we can go to satellite rooms around the ship and watch the class from a TV screen. The union usually fills up with students and it is way rockier than the rest of the ship because it is up near the bow. The class briefs us on the countries that we are going to and teaches about them. I am also talking ... read more

We are pleased to announce that we have made it safely to Brazil! After a more than interesting flight to Sao Paulo from Buenos Aires,where we pretty much feared for our lives after our plane was delayed due to engine failure we have made it to Salvador De Bahia... So, the flight. Our first flight was delayed by 3 hours, and after about 45mins we started to feel more and more concerned after the pilot announced that one of the engines was failing (before take-off!) , not helped by the fact that we had a clear view of the cockpit (not quite a 747), and we could clearly see a couple of guys fiddling with numerous wires. Nevermind, all is well and we have vowed never to fly TAM again! Our first impressions of Salvador... a ... read more

OMG he´s back again...riding an unusual high, inexplicable and maybe just getting over the travails of the past few days...and knowing where I am, I think!..its Arrial DÁjuba..maybe..does it matter?... On email - I´d sent one off to someone and hoping they hadn´t just hit the ´delete´button automatically, assuming it was another useless rant or offer of something unnecessary, unwanted or unobtainable...I love opening my email after a spell and seeing lots of entries, then despair seeing all the usual offers to either make my dick bigger or my mortgage smaller...is it the same operation?..the same doctors?...do chicas get the same junkmails?..is the internet gender sensitive?..if so what messages to gays get?...Its one of several disturbing features of email...another is the amazingly intimate degree of personal closeness one gets so quickly with maybe complete strangers...and then, ... read more

There is so much that I have to say and want to get typed out but I only have so much time since there is only one computer in the small family hotel that I am staying in. Well, yesterday I arrived to Salvador, Bahia and picked up by a friend of my - Carol. She took me into the city to the place where I am staying to drop off my bags. Then Carol and I went out to eat a this beautiful restaurant that looks out over the coast. It had this really great views since it was built on top of a rock formation that was about 4 stories high. Of course I had a Caipirinha (kiwi) and then got this huge pot of squid stew. Delicious! Later on the same day I ... read more

The people you touch, the way you touch them, I hope they touch you too, cause in this life its hard to tell whats false and what is true... The things you see, the way you see them may never be seen again... The thing that's strange is you only live once and never look back again. Im dying to be alive, not trying to just survive, lets not go through our lives without just dying to be alive. - Hanson The journey to Brazil was a long one. We were at sea for about a week and the last couple days we hit 'rough water'with waves about 7feet and our stomachs were all feeling it. Thank God for those little bands you wear to prevent motion sickness. When we arrived into Salvador, Brazil we were ... read more