May 16-May 24, 2007
Day 595-603
The last week has been more of the same routine. I make the long walk with Nick up to Simba's cage, walk Simba around all day, then return him to his cage before dark. The weather has been miserable lately with at least the last five days being… Read More »
April 30-May 15, 2007
Day 579-594
...Actually, more like letting the puma walk me.
For the next leg of my South American journey, I went to Villa Tunari to do some volunteer work at the Inti Wara Yassi park. It's an animal shelter started in 1996 by Nena Baltazar Lugones, and today it has… Read More »
April 26-29, 2007
Day 575-578
I had been doing a lot of traveling lately, so I decided to relax for a few days once I got to Santa Cruz. The city really brings back memories from when I was here last year. There's the fried chicken restaurant where a Japanese guy tried selling me… Read More »
April 24-25, 2007
Day 573-574
Confusion was the theme of the day. The guy who was supposed to give me my train ticket didn't show up on time. I somewhat expected this, so I walked around looking for a supermarket to buy some snacks for the train ride. When I got back to the… Read More »
April 23, 2007
Day 572
I got another bus that took most of the day to Corumba. The bus took me right through the vast wetland area known as the Pantanal. It was a beautiful ride being in the middle of nowhere after spending the last few weeks in the city, and it was… Read More »
April 22, 2007
Day 571
I rode a bus all night and most of the day to Campo Grande, a small city in Brazil's interior. I wanted to continue to my next destination right away, but the bus ride was too exhausting, so I stayed overnight one night.
April 20-21, 2007
Day 569-570
I spent a couple more days in Sao Paulo, mainly meeting people at my hostel, getting another traditional Paulista lunch with Vivi and Silvia, and going to the MASP, which is a museum containing the biggest collection of western art in South America. There's not a lot of touristy… Read More »
April 19, 2007
Day 568
I met Silvia at her office today. She's a biologist, so I got to see the labs she works in. It was quite interesting for me to see rat hearts being embedded in wax, sliced up, and analyzed for diabetes research.
Later I went to a big park with… Read More »
April 18, 2007
Day 567
I took the bus into downtown Sao Paulo today. I thought Rio de Janeiro was a huge city but Sao Paulo is twice as big. Everywhere I walked, there were masses of people hurrying to get somewhere. Unlike Rio, Sao Paulo doesn't have any mountains, oceanfront, or forests within… Read More »
April 17, 2007
Day 566
Today I took the bus to Sao Paulo, the largest city in South America. A bus leaves from Rio to Sao Paulo every fifteen minutes, so it was pretty easy to find one. The drive was mostly populated with small cities constantly dotting the landscape. However, there were a… Read More »
