15 Hours in Uruguay

0530 – Wake up after 4 hours of sleep on a rather comfortable bus to discover that even though it is dark out, we’re at the border and since we went cheap and only paid for bus fare to the border, its time to get up and get out. 0532 – Handed our passports, stamped [...]

Oktoberfest

Leiderhosen, accordions and beirgartens. Welcome to Blumenau, Brazil home to the largest Oktoberfest party in the America’s. Stepping through the gates, the entire place was decorated like a little German village complete with gingerbread men. Brazilian bands played German music on three stages, and there were more beer booths than I’ve ever seen before. Although [...]

Visiting Friends

We travel for the places, but the people are what make the places. You go somewhere and you meet certain people, have certain experiences and no matter how many times you go back to that same place, it will never feel the same again. Think about your travels, the people are the memories you have, [...]

Sorry, no vegetarians allowed

I know its practically blasphemous for me to say this, but listen up America, we have not conquered the buffet. Everything might be bigger in Texas, but Texas sized doesn’t hold a candle to Brazil. From the moment we got off the bus in Curitiba to the moment we left we seemed to be plied [...]