Category: travel

  • olympic city rio- reflections on the way to the airport

    Another site we passed on the way to Galeão airport is Olympic City, Rio de Janeiro- or what is to become the location for the 2016 Olympics (growing up in Kenya I only realised that there existed winter Olympics after studying in the US-forgive the non-specification that these are summer…

  • on the way to the rio airport

    In the past 6 hours, I have travelled from Rio de Janeiro to Salvador da Bahia, from one former capital of Brazil to another. The ride from my hostel to the airport served as a reminder of the other faces of Rio de Janeiro, faces that are not the postcard…

  • working with transition brasilândia- a reflection

    ‘A periferia se cansou de esperar a oportunidade que nunca chegava, e que viria de fora, do centro’ (Hermano Vianna) Periferia em Movimento (The periphery got tired of waiting for opportunites that were never coming, and which were to come from outside, from the central city.)     I first…

  • in honour of my…

    In honour of my last day in Brasilândia I am going to keep sitting at this bus-stop until the chips lady finishes setting up and makes her first batch. There shall be more buses later.

  • how?

    How do they do it?Is it a morning coffee accompaniment?It might offer something as smooth,or as bitter as that coffee-depending on your continent…and coffee of choice).Or maybe it’s the 10 o’clock tea:One scone of foolishness,with some parliamentary raise jam to go please…Or the side dish to their 1 o’clock lunch,leaving…

  • taking the bus in são paulo

    taking the bus in são paulo

    Practical advice for taking the bus to the metro in São Paulo: take the second one. …yes I know,you’re worried about being late to work-2 hour transit is no joke- but DON’T!Take the 2nd one: your knees and back will thank you,As the driver takes that sharp corner,and descends one…

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