After 5 weeks in Brazil, we had to think long and hard about the best way to spend our final day here. What has been the most influential part of this trip, the one thing we needed to experience more before departing? The answer was simple. We drank juice. I am forever changed by the [...]
Hostels make me feel old sometimes. Especially in a party city like Rio, especially when it’s only a few weeks from carnival. Try as I might, I can’t stay up late. My night out is a drink at the hostel bar- the equivalent of a pre-party for the majority of my dorm mates. There at [...]
Everyone comes here for Carnival. We get asked why we aren’t staying for it practically everyday. The one week street party and festival seems to occupy the minds of the community for months prior, and as we’ve been told, will put all other business on hold for a ten day period. Our hostel dorm will [...]
We awoke this morning to two surprises: a time change, and a guy passed out on the floor in front of the door to our dorm room. Today marked the first official day of fall, and we can only imagine there was quite a party to see the final day of summer out well. I’ve [...]
Rio is a shock to the system after spending the good part of a month in small beach towns and fishing villages. Skyscrapers so tall they block the sun, people dressed up to the nines, the shuffle of busy streets and car horns… It took us a bit to adjust back into city life. We [...]
