Rushing to Brazil: Documents Required
Getting Out of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil!
My title is a double entendre, because I bought my plane ticket to leave this wonderful Amazonian city and head back north, to the frigid Michigan winter, and I also took a trip outside of Manaus. A little trip to serve as the cherry on top of this extended stay.
For those who don’t know, Manaus is like an island to itself, in northern Brazil. There aren’t any major cities in Brazil that can be driven to. You have to take a boat or a plane. The only exception of driving to a big city is the highway that runs north from Manaus and goes 2000+ kilometers, all the way to Caracas, Venezuela. Continue reading Getting Out of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil!
Truly Worldwide!
It seems like this blog is going to be a little different than we first envisioned. This was going to be a blog that Will and Gracie, a married couple, we’re going to write about different things.
Now, we have commitments from a writer in Germany and a writer in Saudi Arabia to post about their experiences and tell their stories.
This blog will have stories in English, Portuguese, German, and Arabic!
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What Lit My Traveling Fire
A few weeks ago , I wrote about how the travel bug bit me. Reflecting on that article, I realized that I may have left out a key piece of what started the burning urge to travel inside of me.
As a young kid, I grew up in Pontiac, Michigan. Pontiac is a suburb of Detroit with just about the same amount of problems. There is a high crime rate, a lot of gangs, a lot of drugs, and a lot of hopelessness.
When I was in school there, we never really addressed world geography and especially never talked about traveling the world. I feel that the schools there didn’t want to instill a false sense of hope in its students.
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Let Them Think You’re a Secret Agent!
I was in South Korea, not long after, Kim Jong Il Dies.
I was in South America, while I’m there, Hugo Chavez bites the dust.
Coincidence?
Some people don’t think so.
That’s part of the fun of being all over the world. Things happen that are newsworthy and people automatically wonder if you are involved.
This is also comical when a natural disaster hits in the general vicinity of the hemisphere that you’re on and everyone and their mother, especially your mother, checks to see if you’re OK. Continue reading Let Them Think You’re a Secret Agent!
A Drive Through Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil – Time-Lapse
I used my iPhone 6 time lapse to make a quick video of my drive through Manaus. (With a quick stop at the mall.)
Have a cool time-lapse drive? Please, link it in the comments so I can check it out.
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