During one of my first months in Brazil, I accompanied my capoeira professor, Rodrigo Millhorance, to a capoeira class he was giving at APAE, a school for mentally and physically handicapped children...
The children at work (“What work?”, you’re probably asking, but a blog post about that will arrive soon) spent yesterday drawing their idea of world peace. This project got me think...
Last week end was spent in Cabo Frio with a group of exchangers from ten different countries. Rotary commitments prevented us from spending time on the beautiful beaches in the area, but at the end o...
One of the many things one learns on exchange, is how to say good bye. It starts at the airport, where you have to say farewell to your entire life for a year. This, as traumatic as it sounds, was ...
The new dirt road that I live on is named “The 3rd of September”, which just so happens to be today’s date, and another dreaded reminder of how little time I have left in Brazil. I...
I arrived back in Friburgo to two exciting events: The arrival of my new host sister, Amanda, whom I had never met as she was just returning form a year abroad in Belgium, and the start of universit...
If you imagine Brazil to be a vibrant country bursting with song, dance and colour at every end – a hybrid of cultures and people or a tasty stew of everything lively, exciting, and passionate ...
Okay so I am back home, for at least a week, and I promise to try get you all as up to date with my life right now as possible. Suprisingly, despite the attack on the boat, I still look back at the A...
It seems like a lifetime has passed since I last posted. I have seen some indescribably beautiful sights, untouched, and although I feel that no amount of photographs could ever do them justice, I ...
Although I was more than delighted to be returning to my mountainous town, where every corner is familiar, my time in São Paulo satisfied my craving for city life. Our days where packed enough to le...
I moved host families a few days ago. And as I looked back on my previous posts to see what exactly you know about my first family, I realised that you know nothing. As far as you know, my first fami...
I’ve been able to visit many places in Brazil. At each destination, I’ve really tried to absord the beauty around me while at the same time studying the people whom I meet. I look at thei...
With two hours to spare between my Ukulele lesson and Capoeira class, I finally found time to update this blog. The last few weeks I have spent most my time in my “home town”, and it has ...
If countries were people, South Africa would be the beautiful teenage girl who looks in the mirror and only sees her faults. It is so common for South Africans to insult our own nation. Either we hat...
I felt like I was in another country completely as we strolled down spotless streets lined with European styled houses. Cities like Canela, Gramado, Blumenau and Curitiba were beautiful in a way that...
To fit one of the best experiences of my life into one post would be impossible, and even though fitting it into two seems just as hard, I have lots to talk about so two posts will have to do. Part ...
I‘m sure you’re getting sick of me saying “You had to be there”, but you really did. Minhas Gerais is a state in Brazil that is well known for having spectacular carnival cele...
As I briefly mentioned in an earlier post, I have started Capoeira classes twice a week. Capoeira is a Brazilian sport combining martial arts and dance, and played to the beat of music made from many...
So instead of hearing about at the beautiful places I am going, I thought you might want to hear about the beautiful people I am meeting. It goes something like this: Bianca and I decide to go to the...
We attended a memorial service for those who were lost to the floods yesterday. It was a day long event, with people coming and going, but just before12 o’ Clock the whole town, everyone dresse...
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The hour long bus ride seemed short in comparison to the two hour long wait at the bus stop in the unbearable heat. When we arrived in Lumiar we were met by Bianca’s mom and her mom’s boy...
You know those days when you feel so lazy and simply aren’t amped to do anything, no matter how exciting an offer sounds? Well, I promised myself that I would have none of those days this year....
I’m really not sure how to describe our little holiday Buzios. I think the indescribable beauty of the city, coupled with the unfamiliarity of everything around me, made it an unforgettable fou...
After some volunteering at a relief centre for the thousands of misplaced victims of the floods in the areas outside Rio de Jeneiro, I have learnt few things about a broken city. After arriving in N...
Cristo The past few days have been amazing. I’ve got to know Rio partly as a tourist, but more so as a local.I got to see the picturesque beaches. As I stood there, I slowly rotat...
I am currently sitting in Sao Paulo Airport waiting for my connecting flight to Rio. We arrived to chaos. Customs took long and Clare needed to board immediately. Rikky, Clare and I left Babet...
I’ve never really felt this way before. Everyone keeps asking me how i feel, and automatically i answer “Excited but also scared” but I only day that because that seems like ...
2011. twenty eleven. Nope, it just doesn’t have the same ring to it like 2010 did. For South Aficans, 2010 seemed to be the chosen year. In fact, years before 2010 arrived, instead of r...
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