Thinking About "Wave Boy"

Over the years, a lot of people have come to visit me in Brazil from North America. One of the most rewarding aspects of these trips (at least for me) is that these visitors allow me the opportunity to fleetingly and vicariously re-experience Brazil as if it were the first time.

It's not as if I still don't continue to get the occasional thrill from Brazil (especially when discovering new places, cultural aspects, music, food, etc, of which Brazil has a seemingly never-ending supply). However, having lived here for more than a decade now, many elements have become extremely familiar, while others have become humdrum, banal, or even (in a few cases) irritating. For this reason, I always welcome the opportunity to see Brazil anew through the wide open eyes of someone fresh off the plane. more >>

Minas Gerais Road Trip - Part 5 (the Cerrado)

When asked to conjure up a typical Brazilian landscape, the images that flood most people's minds are inevitably of the tropical coastline carpeted in lush Mata Atântica, the parched, desert-like Caatinga of the Northeastern interior, the cayman-infested wetlands of the Pantanal, or the vast river-veined canopy of the Amazon Forest. more >>