Friday October 26th, Sao Luis Museum day today. First a visit to a museum with a lot of old and very valuable furniture and china. Pete wanted the huge carved wooden dresser. No matter that it would not fit in our tallest room (over 4 metres). It would have cost a million., with carved busts on the very top. As yesterday, a silent watchdog follo...

The beaches here in Sao Luis are really not the most beautiful beaches I have ever been to. The water is a dark muddy color and in the horizon are a ton of large commercial vessels. But, Sao Luis´ beaches have a very cool atmosphere. Every Sunday the beach fills up with people, music and sports. If you decide to go, sit down at one of the restau...

Monday night I attended an International conference on Global Climate change. It was held here in Sao Luis. I was very impressed by the speakers that attended. The opening speaker was Leonardo Boff. He is one of the most influencial theologians in the development of Liberation theology. I had no clue that he was also an environmental activist. I...

After another hellish flight we finally met up with Bernd and George in Sao Luis. Bernd needed to meet up with another student so he stayed at the airport while the Dan, George and I took a taxi to the house. The taxi ride was almost like a video game. The driver weaved between everyone else and didn´t seem to stop at any of the stop lights. Sto...

Well, here I am in Barrehaneis, about 4 hours from Sao Luis on the North tip of Brazil, near the ecuator. I am hot. I really cant describe the heat, its a sun that is so strong it hurts, plus a humidity that make you so tired. WOW! Anyhow, first things first... TRIP HOME is so soon, I cant belive it! But I have added 2 days more in Rio so I am f...

We took an overnight bus to Sao Luis, which promissed to have a beautifully restored old section of town. It was actually quite disapointing. The restoration either was not quite complete, or happened long ago, but the town was not quite interesting. Some of the architecture was pretty cool, but generally non descript. We decided to make the bes...

For those of you who thought that I had died in the air crash over Amazonia I have some bad news: I am alive and almost well. I have been in São Luís for so long that I was offered the keys to the city, but I declined as I felt that they would weigh me down. It has been an eventful three and a half weeks, during which I have done very little. De...