Tuesday, June 22, 2010

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!

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

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.