Tag: South America
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Mato Grosso do Sul – The Nebraska of Brazil (Fall 2016)
The last stop on our trip across Asia and Brazil was Campo Grande, a smallish city in the western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Mato Grosso do Sul borders both Bolivia and Paraguay and is one of Brazil’s agricultural hubs. Much like Nebraska, Mato Grosso do Sul’s main economic drivers are corn, soy…
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São Paulo: Arte por arte, arte por política (Fall 2016)
We now have arrived safely at home and last week’s election has fundamentally changed the nature of both domestic and international politics. If I’m being honest, it has also cast a shadow on how I see the world. Yet, I still want to write about our time in São Paulo and, in another post, Campo…
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Ihla Bela – Muita Bela (Fall 2016)
Getting There If you’ve ever said, “Gee, I don’t much like flying” or “Four hours is a really long time to be in an airplane,” or “Wow, that three hour time change is really getting to me,” I would not recommend traveling from Hong Kong to São Paolo, Brazil. There were no direct Hong Kong-São…
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The Argentina Posts That Never Were (Summer 2016)
By the time I settled on the idea of starting a blog to chronicle our family’s travels, we were already 2/3 of the way through our trip to Argentina, and I only managed to get one post and one “how-to” up on the blog. My plan was to write up our memories from our trip when we…
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On the last night (Summer 2016)
Tonight is our last night in Argentina. It’s bittersweet. We have had such a wonderful time over the last two weeks. But, the girls are starting to ask about when they will see their grandparents and their dog. W has asked more than once about our car. Both girls have been asking about their friends and…
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