An anecdote illustrating what I call “Brazilian logic,” i.e. things Brazilians make more complicated than they should be and mostly, that we don’t fully understand because we’re dumb foreigners.
Browsing Category Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil – Winter 2018
Our winter 2018 trip to South America, featuring Carnival in Brazil.
There are Fascinating Cities Within the City of Porto Alegre
There are cities within this city, lives lived so differently that it’s hard to believe there are only blocks apart.
You Know You’re in Brazil When…
You “oi” people to greet them. I don’t know, it sounds cool, right?
The Bus Ride from Pelotas to Porto Alegre
Article views: 2,255 “Good night Mark, you gotta sleep now.” “Why?” “… Because it’s way past midnight and we have to get up early for the bus.” “Again?”…
24 Hours of Sugar High in Pelotas, Brazil’s Sweetest City
Pelotas’s got a sweet tooth. The city is famous for the doces de Pelotas, dozens of different bite-size pastries.
A Night in “Fucking Chuí” Between Uruguay and Brazil
“What made someone stop in Chuy and declare ’this is it, this is where I want to spend the rest of my life?’”