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Journey - Don´t Stop Believing
This was our longest travelling day yet: Paraty to Sao Paulo to Curitiba, probably about 12 hours all in.
The day started off ok; we got on the Paraty bus no fuss and travelled about 2 hours with the obligatory ´driver free meal´stop. Then we hit some roadworks which mean´t both directions of traffic had to fit into one lane. I can hear …
Chapter 2 - The Master Plan
"[The Guide] says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. It says that the effect of a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick." - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Planing has never been my forté. Out of all my recent trips, I never planned any of them. I wouldn't know where to search or what to search. But I promised ...
Chapter 1 - A bleak beginning...
... courage to follow your heart and intuition; they somehow already know what you truly want to become". My confort-zone has been demolished and my heart says to use this opportunity and leave everything behind.
I'm currently planning everything I want to do and all the places I want to visit. I don't intend on coming back home too soon, so I have to be prepared.
"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays." ~ Arthur Dent
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Curitiba & Oktoberfest
... Tag dann, nach einem ausgiebigen Fruehstueck - denn zu Essen gab es immer genug - hat mich die Mutter auf eine Rundfahrt durch die Stadt eingeladen; ich weiss jetzt gar nicht mehr, wer da noch dabei war, Maria oder ihr Bruder, denn waehrend dieser Tage gab es viele kleinere Ausfluege in den verschiedesten Konstellationen.Am zweiten Abend dann bin ich mit Maria in einen Salsa Club gegangen. Nach Rio habe ich hier meine zweiten Salsa ...
Lessons from Curitiba
... the coastal mountain range and rainforest to the ocean, also necessitates a lengthy day trip. With a less advantageous natural setting, the urban planners then went about to design their own tourist attractions, covering Curitiba in a swath of parklands amounting to ~50 square meters/capita. Many of the parks are themed to commemorate events, or celebrate certain ethnic groups and people becoming tourist sites ...