It was planning on
sending an update every 5 weeks but have slacked and now this update is a
little late.  This is an update of
Brazil even though I have been in Argentina for 3 weeks.  I will send an update of Argentina after
I get all my pictures uploaded over Christmas.  I will be in Dallas from Dec. 20th
– Jan. 5th before heading to Australia/New
Zealand/Thailand.  If you want to
contact me over Christmas call me at my Dad’s 972.661.5833 since I have
no cell phone service.

Brazil (5 weeks)

After 5 weeks in
Brazil we realized that this country is one big beach party.  It has some amazing beaches, the towns
are cheap and there is a lot of “Brazilian Floss.”

We flew into Sao Paulo
and were overwhelmed at how massive this place was.

After a couple of days there we rented a car and spent 2
weeks going up the coast between Sao Paulo and Rio.  The two main spots we hit were Parati
and Ilha Belha.

After that we went to Rio de Janeiro for 5 days.

After Rio, we worked our way up the Brazilian coast for the next 2
weeks.  We started in Salvador where
there is still a huge African influence.
The nightlife was crazy, there was live music on every corner and the
whole town is one old cobblestone streets.

Then we went to some smaller beach towns and laid up on the beach to
take a load off from this stressful lifestyle we’ve been living.

Riding in a dune buggy on the massive sand dunes north of Natal was
definitely a highlight!

After that we went to 1000 miles up the Amazon to Manaus to start a 2
night boat tour.  This was a lot of
fun but it felt pretty canned and as someone put it “A journey into the
known.”  This was our boat.

Then we got to our floating lodge and went Alligator hunting and Piranha
fishing.  I caught an alligator with
my bare hands and a fish that wasn’t a piranha.  Both were pretty small.

After the Amazon we flew to Iguassu Falls which might possibly be the
most beautiful place on the planet.
An UNESCO world Heritage site that everyone should see.  There are 275 falls connected and
flowing from one river.

It is also the natural border between threes countries.   From here we went to Paraguay for
the day then on the Argentina for 5 more weeks.  That’s all for now, until next
time.