Guess who is wearing brand new Havianas?
Me! Thats who! Its their famous flip-flops. Those of you who call them thongs, well, apparently they make those out of dental floss here, if anyone wants one I guess they sell them in Rio (for cheap) and I can pick one up. :) ]
Things going well down here in Brazil! I spent 1.5 days in Sao Paulo and flew today down to Foz Iguazu which is the worlds largest waterfall. Getting here was insane, the airport was pretty crazy. Got into town, grabbed a room, and somehow got the time mixed up and thought it was an hour earlier than it was (I think the watch of the guy at the hotel was wrong) so I went to the worlds largest dam which amazingly not on the same river as the worlds largest waterfall - and missed the last tour by 20 mins. So I go back later but I did get to check out the Ecomuseum which was kinda their way of saying the dam is a good thing, and all the environmental stuff they do to make sure it doesnt damage the local ecosystem. Kinda cool - a neat intro - and look forward to seeing the real thing! You cant get close to a dam and not check it out
Had a fun afternoon in Mexico City, met a few travelers on the town square. Caught my flight out and chatted Spanish with a brazilian that speaks spanish, which had me thinkging I could talk down here but Portugese is killing me! On top of that, I erased my ipod right before I left by accident so I dont have my portugese training tapes! Ah well....another traveler let me use their laptop to download new music, so now I have a bunch of stuff that I dont really care for, rap, hip-hop, but itll do till I find another laptop! Ç:)
Have a few days here - one day on the Brazilian side of the falls, another in Argentina. Trying to decide if I spend a few days in ARgentina....it is supposed to be quite cheap and fun, and they speak Spanish! Ah, I miss it! Spanish and Port are soooo close but the pronounciation and the differenes are tough...I figure after a few more days i might be good to go.
Probably fly out of here back to the coast areas....the Foz are in the middle of nowhere and it is many many hours on a bus, instead of many many hours on a plane and in airports... :)
Another weird thing down here is that I dont stick out. I look Brazilian I guess, because the people here are about the most diverse of anywhere Ive ever been. The only person who might not be considered a brazilian would be a dark skinned indian. Everything else (Including blue eyed white skin guys) seems well represented! Good for them! But it is weird when people look at me and start talking Portugese at tourist places....when all the other tourists speak english....now if I could just respond better!
Salude!
Ryan
Me! Thats who! Its their famous flip-flops. Those of you who call them thongs, well, apparently they make those out of dental floss here, if anyone wants one I guess they sell them in Rio (for cheap) and I can pick one up. :) ]
Things going well down here in Brazil! I spent 1.5 days in Sao Paulo and flew today down to Foz Iguazu which is the worlds largest waterfall. Getting here was insane, the airport was pretty crazy. Got into town, grabbed a room, and somehow got the time mixed up and thought it was an hour earlier than it was (I think the watch of the guy at the hotel was wrong) so I went to the worlds largest dam which amazingly not on the same river as the worlds largest waterfall - and missed the last tour by 20 mins. So I go back later but I did get to check out the Ecomuseum which was kinda their way of saying the dam is a good thing, and all the environmental stuff they do to make sure it doesnt damage the local ecosystem. Kinda cool - a neat intro - and look forward to seeing the real thing! You cant get close to a dam and not check it out
Had a fun afternoon in Mexico City, met a few travelers on the town square. Caught my flight out and chatted Spanish with a brazilian that speaks spanish, which had me thinkging I could talk down here but Portugese is killing me! On top of that, I erased my ipod right before I left by accident so I dont have my portugese training tapes! Ah well....another traveler let me use their laptop to download new music, so now I have a bunch of stuff that I dont really care for, rap, hip-hop, but itll do till I find another laptop! Ç:)
Have a few days here - one day on the Brazilian side of the falls, another in Argentina. Trying to decide if I spend a few days in ARgentina....it is supposed to be quite cheap and fun, and they speak Spanish! Ah, I miss it! Spanish and Port are soooo close but the pronounciation and the differenes are tough...I figure after a few more days i might be good to go.
Probably fly out of here back to the coast areas....the Foz are in the middle of nowhere and it is many many hours on a bus, instead of many many hours on a plane and in airports... :)
Another weird thing down here is that I dont stick out. I look Brazilian I guess, because the people here are about the most diverse of anywhere Ive ever been. The only person who might not be considered a brazilian would be a dark skinned indian. Everything else (Including blue eyed white skin guys) seems well represented! Good for them! But it is weird when people look at me and start talking Portugese at tourist places....when all the other tourists speak english....now if I could just respond better!
Salude!
Ryan
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