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June 24th 2009
Published: June 24th 2009
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I slept like 12 hours last night and I am still exhausted, but I just thought I would add some photos from the 4 day excursion we took into the back country of maranhao. I will add more later and talk a little about things then. Friday June 19 2009 Drove in a bus today from sao luis to bareirinhas today. 4 hours on some bumpy roads. About 1.5 hours into the ride I had a talk with my antibiotics a... Read Full Entry



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interesting contruction for momma
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the hotel we stayed at... this is the main building where everyone eats and relaxes. It is completely open air
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some stuff from the village we were staying in
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took this jeep to the river where we caught our boat to catch a bus to go through some bumpy highways back to sao luis
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one of the bridges that was swept away by flooding. this is the make due bridge until they can build a new one
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one of the houses I spoke about



19th August 2009

You got the point!
I'm going to Barreirinhas next week and dove into your text just to find some tips and even to get a foreigner point of view regarding the region, but reading your comments I can say you’ve got the point. You’re correct in your analysis; the concept of races in Brazil really mix the skin color (more than blood) with the socioeconomics status and depending on the region of the country one of those two components is stronger. All of your comparisons between Brazil and US made by you lead us to understand how unrealistic this “imaginary concept” of race is. Good text. I hope you have enjoyed your trip.

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