WORLD CUP

Dear 18 and 14 year old selves, you don´t know what you were missing by being completely ignorant about this sporting event. It´s SO FUN.

Can we talk about how the US should have won that last game?
Or the hottest hottie from Paraguay, Roque Santa Cruz?

Or the complete bull-shittiness of this call?
Or this Shakira song that made me cry today? (@ Stephen)

Surriously though Brazil is OBSESSED and it´s been hard not to join in. It´ll be sad to leave a country that has a team playing (Bolivz/Peru/Ecuador/Colombia nope) but I´m confident that I can continue the 24/7 WC coverage. It´s still South America, after all.

PIX from the Pantanal coming as soon as I have access to both a computer and my cam cord. Heads up: SO MANY CROCODILES!

To Market, To Market

Photos from the São Joaquim market in Salvador, easily one of the best things I've seen in South America thus far.

My Mom is a Baller

Not only did she go with me to Rio's Friday night party capital Lapa (where we ordered two rounds of 2 for R$5 caipirinhias made on the street by a girl that couldn't have been older than thirteen) BUT in tiny Northeastern Lençóis, we went spelunking together. Twice. Proof below:

Cave 2 had stalactites.

Yeah thanks I wouldn't have seen them otherwise.

Tomorrow, she returns to the States, taking my lil baby (and by lil baby I really mean large, dinosaur-like) laptop with her. I'm therefore soaking up all the free, uninterrupted internet I can get tonight. It's hostels and internet cafes from here on out.

I'll miss you, Mom / uninhibited web browsing.