I left Pto. Iguazu in Argentine and took a bus back to Foz do Iguazu in Brazil.  I got on an overnight bus for Campo Grande, capital city of Mato Grosso do Sul state. The bus left at 6 but then stopped somewhere in the middle of nowhere around 9. We had to change buses which was good because the new bus was a lot nicer than the first bus.  I must have found that sweet spot or been really tired but I slept a bit more uninterrupted on this bus than the previous 2 night buses.  I went back in time by an hour when I arrived in  Campo Grande.  The long distance bus station is way out of town and I had to take a public bus into the centre. Some people on the bus tried to help me get to my hotel but they ended up dropping me off somewhere. I think they wanted me to take another bus to get to the hotel but I knew where I was on the city map and just walked 20 minutes to the hotel instead.

I’m staying at Nosso Novo Hotel, which is the best value hotel so far. I`m paying bascially the same as I have for some dorm rooms, around $20 but I get my own room and my own private bathroom. I was still tired from the bus and slept some more.

The hotel is also the base of  Ecological Expeditions, a tour operator running trips into the Pantanal. I’ve been anticipating a trip here for a while. The Panatanal are the world`s largest wetlands, most of which is in Brazil but they are also in Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. They are the best place for wildlife viewing in South America. I`ve just booked a 4 day tour, starting tomorrow January 1. I also get a free night at the hotel for booking a tour, saving me some more money.

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I wasn´t planning on 3 days in the park but I figured I´m this close to the park and I will get in for half price, so why not. I got to the ticket counter and presented my half price ticket from the day before that the official had written on. The ticket guy looked confused and said something in spanish about it being my second day and that he didn´t understand anything. There was a long line behind me and he was holding it up. I gave him my ticket for 45 pesos and 50 pesos to pay. Surprisingly he gave me back 25 pesos change! I got half price of half price! Hahaah! This was awesome! Even cheaper than I expected. At this rate I could enter the park for free in a few days!

I walked straigh to the lower circuit and descended to water level to talk the boat across to San martin island. There are over 250 waterfalls that make up Iguazu and this island is in the middle of them all. The first viewpoint wasn´t that amazing but there were quiet a few large vultures flying around that area. The next viewpoint was beside a huge cascade and the mist was intense. This is what I came back for and didn´t regret it. I spent a few hours at the park. This was the first time I left either park before closing time.

I ate at Sabores again, at the bus station and relaxed for the afternoon. The Israelis had checked out of my dorm yesterday and my new dormie was Luiz from Columbia. He spoke english well and was cool. That night we had a new arrival after we were both asleep after midnight. I don´t know what nationality this guy was, he didn´t understand english when I kindly asked him to keep the doors closed because the room was air conditioned. I asked him again in spanish and he seemed to understand. He said¨ Ok¨ . All this guy did was sleep. He slept from midnight to past 10am when I left for the park. The next night he was in bed around 7pm and slept till almost noon. He must not feel well, I´m guessing. He doesn´t say anything.

I had an amazing salad that night at Sabores, mango, orange, greens and shredded chicken washed down with a mixed fruit licuado or fruit shake. I missed these in South America.

I decided to stay a fourth night in Pto. Iguazu and just spend the day relaxing and catching up online. The dorm here is half the price as in Brazil. Tomorrow I will go back to Brazil and take an overnight bus to Campo Grande where I will soon begin my adventure into the Pantanal, the world´s largest wetlands and the best place in Brazil for observing wildlife.

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The hostle provided a free breakfast but it was a little skimpy. They also provided free internet but only had one shitty computer and it was constantly being used. I´m at a nice air conditioned cafe now. I´d rather pay the $1.50 an hour for the comfort and not feeling like someone is always waiting for me to get offline.

I took the bus to the park and got in for half price today, about $11. I walked to the Mucuco trail and started it at 11.30. Sure it was the hottest time of the day when most animals are sleeping but I heard the only primates in the park are capuchin monkeys which I saw 10 years ago in Peru and 2 weeks ago in Caratinga. I just wanted to hike a trail alone. It was 3.5 km one way so I figured most people wouldn´t be walking it. Iguazu is packed with internation visitors but most of them are here just to see the falls and don´t even care about the wildlife or nature.

The trail was fairly tame and flat and I had no trouble with only shorts and sandals. There were however, plenty of mosquitos. I brought my deet repellent this time and covered my legs and elbows. The trail led to a view point over a large waterfall but there wasn´t much to see but forest. The trail continued down stairs to the base of the waterfalls where it was possible to swim. There was a few other people down there relaxing and swimming. I changed into my swim trunks and went for a very refreshing dip. It´s so hot everywhere here, all you want to do is go for a swim but you can´t, so it was nice to go here and that it wasn´t crowded.

Just before I finished the trail, I heard some leaves crunching in the forest just off the trail. It was an agouti, a medium sized animal, all brown, no tail. Kind of like a small deer but I think it´s just a large rodent, not 100% sure though. I don´t have my ID books to draw additional details from  like I usually do, so I´m just going by memory. Actually I saw another agouti yesterday as I was exiting the lower circuit trail.

I got back to a snack bar area and ate some lunch. The train went out to the most spectacular viewpoint in the park, the Devils Throat. There was also a walking trail out there and I thought I would take this to see what I could see. I was already really impressed with how close I could get to the butterflies, birds and lizards. Unfortunately the trail just followed alongside the tracks and not any deeper into the forest but I didn´t know this. Should´ve asked I guess. It took me almost 40 minutes to walk to the start of the catwalk to Devils Throat, then another 10 minutes of catwalks over the calm and wide river until I reached the throat of the devil.

 This was a breathtaking spot. This mist was intense at times but the views were superb. The catwalk is perched on the edge of a crashing torrent the shape of a horseshoe. I took some photos and had people ask me to take photos of them. I did this a lot actually. I felt like I was back at work. Taking peoples photos in front of a waterfall!

On the walk back from the lookout I met my first 2 Canadians, sisters Zhara and Shasia from Vancouver. We talked about the park and they told me a boat to an island nearby was free when I thought you had to pay. Unfortunately it was too late to walk all the way there and take the boat so I just joined the sisters and walked the upper circuit again. We hung out the rest of the day and took the bus back togther.  Before we left the girls got their ticket stamped to come back the next day for half price. I thought I would try again too. It worked, the official stamped and signed my ticket to come back the next day for half price again. Now I could come back and do the island and anything else I missed.

Back in Pto. Iguazu we went out for dinner. It was a fun day and nice to meet some other people. I have actually been meeting a lot of people here.

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I got off the bus at the border. If I was coming back to Brazil the same day, there was no need to get off the bus. I was the only one who got off the bus. I walked into immigration and got my exit stamp, no problem. I had to wait a while for the next bus but I got a ticket that allowed me to board the next bus without paying again. The Argentine side of the border was almost 10 minutes from the Brazil side, a river demarcating the border. Once on the Argentine side, everyone got out. I went inside and presented my passport. They immigration officials looked at me like ¨What does this guy want?¨I even heard them say ¨What is he doing here?¨and the other official replied ¨I don´t know!¨ They finally gave me my entry stamp but neither side wanted the paper immigration document that I had filled out. The bus was just pulling away as I exited, thankfully the driver saw me and he waited just for me.

Puerto Iguazu, the town closest to the border and the falls was another 10 minutes from the border. I was looking for a campsite along the main road but didn´t see it and next thing I know, we´re at the bus station in the centre of town. Now the campsite was 5km away. I didn´t feel like a 5km hike in and out of town so I walked around the bus stop looking for a map of the city. A guy at a booth was trying to sell some hostel rooms. He spoke some english and sold me on one of them. It was only 2 blocks away and I saved 10 pesos ( about $2.50) if I went through him. He wrote his name of the card. They told me the price  was 45 when I arrived and I showed them the ad and they  said ¨Oh Carlos, then it´s 35 pesos¨ The catch was I had to stay 3 days to get that price but that was ok. I figured 2 days in the park and then one day to hang around.  I was showed to my tiny room with 2 bunkbeds. The bonus being it had its own bathroom and was air conditioned. With the exception of Rio, Foz do Iguazu is the hottest place I have been to. I slept without A/C there but I must admit I was appreciating the air here. It was set at 26C, not super cold but enough to take the humidity out of the air and make it easy to sleep with just a sheet. I was sharing the room with 3 Israelis. Turned out I had stumbled on little Israel. Later on when I watched TV at night there were at least another 7 Israelis in the common  room.

I put my things in the locker outside the room and got the last top bunk. Now I needed money. I had Brazilian Real and US dollars but I needed Argentine Pesos. Now it was sunday and the day after Christmas, the exchange house was closed until 6pm. What could I do until then?! I checked an ATM and it wouldn´t give me any cash. There was one last ATM to check and I finally got some cash. Now I could eat lunch and go to the park.

On both sides of the park in Argentina and Brazil, the area around Iguazu Falls are national parks. So Puerto Iguazu is about 18km from the falls. I took the local bus and got off at the entrance. I bought my ticket and got it stamped so I can return tomorrow for half price. There were long and wide concrete sidewalks from the entrance to snack bars, souvenir shops, the train and the trails. The heat of the day radiated off the sidewalks making it really hot, like a blow dry on full blast over your head where ever you walk.

I choose to walk to the beginning of the trail circuits instead of taking the tiny trail. Thankfully most of the trail was shaded and there was some relief from the sun. Once at the trail heads, I began with the upper circuit. It follows a steal catwalk above the highest falls and provides some nice views and upclose views of the falls. Along the way I saw a few orchids, tons of butterflies, cool birds and a few large lizards. The trail seems to be more in the forest than the Brazilian side and there was a lot more wildlife to see.

After that I walked to the Lower circuit. This trail had more different views and climaxed right beside the middle of a huge cascade with tons of mist. A great spot. It was getting close to closing time, so I started heading back to the bus stop. Someone asked me the time and I told them it was 6pm. Oh no, they were late they said. Once we got to the train station, they saw the clock and said it was only 5. Ooops! I didn´t realize that Argentina was an hour behind Brazil. Hell, I only traveled 30 minutes on the bus to get here but went an hour back in time. That´s good that I know now though.

The most common animal in both parks is the coati, a close relative of the racoon. They have become accustomed and unafraid of  people and are a bit of a pain at the park. They raid garbages and make a mess and steal food from people. They can also bite and scratch and there are signs all over the park warning not to feed them. It´s against park rules, potentially dangerous and feeding them was the reason they became so tame in the first place. So you can understand my anger when I finished the lower circuit and arrived at a snack bar with 3 coatis that guy began to feed.  I was pissed at such blatant disregard for the rules and the safetly of everyone around, including children. Without hesitation I yelled at the guy ¨Come on! What are you doing? You´re not supposed to feed them?¨ He said something back in spanish which I didn´t understand and he probably didn´t understand exactly what I said but he understood my tone. I was pissed! I just stared him down while he tried to show me some wrapper as an excuse of his behaviour. Now the coatis were going right under his table. I said ´This is why they won´t leave you alone now!´ I walked into the snack bar to relax but did catch some approving nods as I went in. I can´t stand idiots  like this. This pisses me off just as much as littering. I absolutely can´t stand it. There´s not much I can do while traveling because so many people litter but I won´t stand for it at home. I´ve called complete strangers on littering before. I wish there was a litter police. I would be chief and work for free!

Back in town I washed my clothes, cleaned up and went for dinner. Puerto Iguazu is much smaller and compact than Foz on the Brazilian side. It has about a tenth of the population. I liked Pto. Iguazu much more. More tourists here, more souvenir shops and more restuarants. I didn´t feel like going for dinner and tried out a nice but not too fancy place at the bus station. I know, I don´t usually go to the bus station to eat unless I´m waiting for a bus but this place had a good menu and good prices.  I was pleasantly surprised. The food came fast, was tasty and the service friendly, what else could I ask for?

Though I had to stay here 3 days to get the better price on my hostel, I was happy that I had to. I felt more comfortable being back in a spanish speaking country. Though it has been 10 years since I´ve been to South America, I took 2 college courses back then and my spanish was fairly decent. I´m surprisingly remembering a lot and can read and talk to people without having to think of stumble over words. Many people in the tourist industry can speak some english here but I always start with english and if they want to change the conversation to english then that´s fine.

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I took the overnight bus from Curitiba to Foz do Iguazu. I arrived at 7am and was pretty tired from the bus, so I slept till noon. I grabbed a local bus to check out the falls, which are 22km away. I didn´t want to waste the whole day sleeping. It was easy to get to the falls. Once there you pay your entrance fee of about $22 and then board a free  double decker bus for a 9km ride through forest to get to the start of the viewing trail.

It´s really smart how they did it here, keeping most of the development at bay. Sure, there is one hotel, and snack bars and souvenir shops but the town itself is far enough away. Not like Niagara Falls which has intense development all around the falls. A billion hotels, casinos, souvenir shops and restaurants. It´s not very natural at all.

Iguazu Falls are split unevenly between Brazil and Argentina, with most of them on the Argentine side. They are 3km long and 80m high. They are so vast that one view doesn´t do them justice. The only way to truly appreciate their size is from above in a helicopter. I didn´t do this but I´ve seen the photos and they are amazing. I would have to settle for just a terrestrial view, but I was going to get every view available.  Even though Brazil has less of the falls, it has a panoramic view of the extensive Argentine side. I started on a trail that followed a river but was high up on the bank in the forest. It was gloomy and even rained a little. The trail cluminates at the Devil´s Throat. The catwalk goes out over the river and ends right above the water where it tumbles over the edge. There is a big falls in front of you and one below. It´s quite an amazing place. The mist and wind were intense. I wore my raincoat to protect me and my camera. I would take a few pics and then wipe off my lens and do it again. Next the trail exits the park up an elevator for another view of the falls, this time from above them all. It had now stopped raining and the sun was out. It was late afternoon and perfect light for photos, of which I took many!

I left the park just as it was closing at 6. I picked up the local bus back to Foz. It being Christmas day, not much was open but a large restuarant with patio seating was open and right near the bus stop. I could afford pasta on the menu so I stopped for dinner. I think this is the first time in Brazil that I have actually had a sit down dinner where I ordered and waited for the food. I´ve been eating mostly at buffets, where I can just pick and point to what I want to eat. They´re not only convienient and easy, I don´t have to speak any Portuguese to order, they are also the cheapest meals around. My Christmas pasta dinner was delicious and really filling.

Back at the hostel they had satellite TV and I watched some Harry Potter before crashing. Steve and Anna, who I met in Curitiba said they had stayed on the Argentine side of the falls and it was cheaper than in Brazil. This sounded like a good idea. I didn´t have a guidebook to Argentina but I copied some information out of theirs and decided to go there for a few days.

I checked out of the hostel and took the bus to the border, 2o minutes away.

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    I have been traveling for 3 weeks and have yet had a do nothing day. I have either been traveling or out hiking somewhere everyday. It was time for a day just to relax, not travel, catch up on internet and relax. Today, december 23 was that day. I walked around the city and checked out a few malls too. Christmas is huge here and there are many decorations. In the center of town is the Rua de Flores, a pedestrian only street with top notch people watching. There’s so many weird things here, like a 10m Christmas tree made up of plastic bottles. Another Christmas tree was made of tons of begonias in 10cm pots. Spiderman was around giving the thumbs up, which is very popular here. They give thumbs up more here than any other country I’ve been to. It’s just the culture, one local told me. It rained lightly off and on all afternoon. I found a decent and cheap place to have a buffet meal. I finished off my day seeing the late showing of the movie Buried. Interesting and very original movie about a guy trapped in a coffin.    I wasn’t sure what I was going to do the next day. So many options but I settled on the night bus to Foz do Igauzu, the mighty Igauzu Falls which I have really been looking forward to. I will arrive there Christmas morning. I hope all my readers have an enjoyable holiday season. Feliz Natal!

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The included breakfast spread at the hostel was impressive – toast, buns, ham, loads of different cakes and pastries, tea, coffee and juice. I met an English couple Steve and Anna. I heard them speaking English so I introduced myself. They were really nice and had the same plan as I did for the day so I joined them. There is a green double decker tourist line bus that goes around the city stopping at 25 attractions. With the purchase of a $12 ticket, you are allowed to get off and on 4 times. It was turning out to be a really sunny day. We sat on the top level. It was cool cruising through the city. Our first stop was the Botanical Gardens. It was ok but I wasn’t that impressed by it. Next we stopped at the German Forest. A little forested park with a wooden viewing tower. There are many urban parks in the city and Curitiba is one of the greenest cities in the country. It’s good to see that Brazil is very forward thinking and trying to be considerate about the environment. Most places I’ve seen have different colored trash cans specifying if they are for metal, plastic, organic,etc.
   Parque Barigui was our third stop. This was a huge green area with a large lake and running track around it. I spotted a lone capybara in the distance eating some grass. The capybara is native to South America and it the world’s largest rodent with webbed feet for swimming. They weigh up to 50kg. I have seen them before in Peru and Venezuela but never in a city park. It lets Steve and I approach it pretty close before heading off into some tall grass. Minutes later though we see a group of at least 50 capybara! They also let us approach close, being used to people. It’s so cool to see them this close up and I get some great photos. We weren’t sure which park to check out and we were both really glad we stopped at this one. It started to rain now and was pouring when we got on the bus. The tourist bus comes along about every 30 minutes. Our last stop was a 100m communications tower with a 360 degree viewing platform. Steve and Anna decided to skip this but I really wanted to see this. It was a tiny elevator to the top. At the top was a superb enclosed viewing area. Panoramic views all around. I was glad I got off here.
     While I was waiting for the bus, it started to rain more. When the bus arrived it was jam packed. They didn’t put any cover on the open top and I could see a few people still up there with there umbrellas. There was about 25 people waiting at the stop with me. Some of them got on but the bus was getting too full. The doors were still open and no one else was getting on because they were in groups. I was by myself so I figured I could fit on the bus. I jumped on just as the doors closed. As I was standing there a Brazilian woman said something to me about the rain. I wasn’t sure what she said so I just smiled and nodded. When the bus came to its first traffic light, I understood what she was saying. All the water from the top level rushed towards the front of the bus and fell like a waterfall at the front corner inside the bus. I had my raincoat on but my shorts and sandals were soaked. My camera and backpack were dry so I didn’t care much. It was funny. The water really came down! It was intense. The woman who warned me now says to me ‘You don’t speak Portuguese?” She spoke a little bit of english and I told her how I didn’t understand what she said earlier. We had a laugh about it. Finally some people got off and I was able to move a bit deeper into the bus away from the waterfall. I wondered why this bus wasn’t set up better. Surely it must have rained on tours before? The rain was really intense now. Ssome of the streets were under more than 30cm of water! Thankfully the bus stops at the mall across the street from the hostel so I didn’t have to walk far but by this point the rain had let up considerably.
    I changed, got something to eat and purchased my movie ticket for Tron Legacy in advance. It’s great most of the movies are shown in english here with Portuguese subtitles and the cost was half of what it is in Canada.

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     My next stop after Belo Horizonte was the capital city of Parana state, Curitiba. I was initially going to stop and overnight in Sao Paolo to break the journey but I did not want to see Sao Paolo at all. It’s just a huge urban nightmare for me that I had no problem missing. So I would go from BH to Curitiba on the overnight bus, a journey of 15 hours. The bus left at 8pm sharp but it took almost an hour just to get out of BH. The bus was nice, a semi sleeper with a leg rest that came down off the seat in front of me. They provided some snacks and water, as they should, this was the most expensive bus ride I’ve ever taken. We stopped every three hours or so for a break. I slept off and on most of the way but I was still wrecked when we got to Curitiba, at least 1000km from BH. I walked to Hosel Roma, about 10 minutes from the bus station. I thought I had sworn off hostels but Brazil is so damn expensive, I had to give them another try. It turns out I got my own room with 2 small beds in it for the same price as my hotel in BH. I was happy about that. It’s the room sharing with a billion other people and the late partying that bother me most about hostels. This hostel was huge though and it didn’t appear to be busy at all. I crashed for most of the day. I got up to eat and went to check out the mall across the street.
      This mall was absolutely insane! It was huge and one of the most modern  and expensive I have ever seen. This blows away anything in Canada. It’s true Curitiba is one of the wealthiest cities in Brazil and enjoys a higher standard of living than the rest of the country and I could see that. It had all the fast food chains I know and some I didn’t like Pizza cone. Yup, it’s pizza in a cone. I wanted to try it but was kind of expensive for one cone and they were small so I had a soft taco instead. The one thing I really cared about and why I  checked out the mall was for its cinema. It had 10 screens and was showing newer Hollywood movies. I was too late to see what I wanted tonight but would come back with plenty of time tomorrow.

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Last night, Renata offered me a ride back with them to BH. They were only here for the weekend. I could stay here for another day or 2 but I can’t pass up the free ride, saving me $50! After breakfast I packed up my tent but before we began the drive to BH, we stopped at a natural swimming pool five minutes away. It was a great spot and we spent a few hours here. There were some high cliffs to jump off, which is always fun. We had lunch in Conceiao before we hit the high road to BH. We stopped at a great view point, that I wished I could have stopped at on my way here on the bus. Once in BH, they dropped me off right in front of my hotel, Madrid. They had a cheap room for me and I took that.
        I didn’t do much else that night but the action began after I crashed. I was lying on my bed sheet for a while before I crashed and actually went under the sheet. Half an hour later I was itchy all over my torso and neck. I got up and looked in the mirror, 17 huge mosquito like bites, but these weren’t mosquitoes. These were the dreaded bedbugs! I hate these things, though thankfully I don’t have a lot of experience with them. There were 2 beds in my room so I went to the other bed and tried to sleep on top of the sheet. I also sprayed the bed with Deet. This seemed to help and they only bit me on my legs a little. I put hydrocortizone on the other bites and they were mostly gone by morning. Hydrocortizone is a life saver. That shit is amazing for any bug bites, rashes, redness and itchiness. Sure it’s got a steroid in it and you’re not supposed to use it more than 4 times in a day but I find after one application that’s usually enough. That said I have some reoccuring bug bites which is common for me. Sometimes a bug bite in a sensitive area like a finger, wrist, foot or somewhere bony, last longer and get periodically itchy. I find leech bites and tick bites can itch off and on for weeks. I forgot to mention about a week ago, I pulled a tick from under my thigh on the bus to Caratinga. It was easy to pull out and wasn’t that fat, indicating that it had not been feeding on me long, however, that damn bite still gets itchy now and again. All these bites and I haven’t even been to the Amazon yet!

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The sun hit my tent at 8am and it started to roast inside. I could not sleep anymore. I got up and had breakfast. At 10am, my new friends and I headed to the Tabuleiro waterfall, the main reason I came here. We drove 7km to the falls on a steep and rutted dirt road. If I was alone I would have walked this road, it would have taken me a while. Plus I would have to still walk to the falls and then back again. Would have been a really long and tiring day. I’m glad to have met them and have the company. From the parking lot we had a 2km hike down to the river. The park has a lot of endemic vegetation and I found it very interesting. I’m fortunate in the fact that I like and appreciate plants just as much as I do animals. When there aren’t many animals around I can get into the plants and be just as happy.
     Once the trail reached the river, we had to boulder hop the rest of the way to the base of the falls. This was a lot of fun, finding my way over huge rocks around the river. The girls were pretty slow, so Caio and I went ahead. We all relaxed at the falls for a while. It was windy and the mist from the falls made it hard to get good photos. Some of the guys swam but it was too cold for me! By the time we got back to the hostel it was mid afternoon and we were all starving. The guys had brought their own barbecue and meat. They fed me generously. Though I had to refuse the alcohol until later at night.
    I showered and relaxed in my tent. I could hear more people arriving and the atmosphere getting more rowdy with guitar and group singing. Now I must admit I’m a bit of an introvert when I travel. I don’t go out at night to meet people or drink. I usual take in a movie if I can or just read/write/relax/ listen to music on my ipod. I didn’t think I was going to feel comfortable with all these drunk strangers but I was wrong. I stayed in my tent until Caio came to get me. They wanted me down there, I didn’t have a choice!
Once I got there, Lucas made an annoucement. He made everybody stop what they were doing and announced that I was his friend and I was from Canada. So much for a low profile. Thankfully there were a few other guys there who spoke english well. Many people were super wasted and it was only 9pm! I drank but stayed within my limits. It was really fun. A few people I met said I was crazy/brave for traveling around Brazil alone. Weird, I seem to be hearing that a lot on this trip! The night went late but many people were in bed by 11 or should I say passed out by 11. I had a lot more fun than I expected, I guess I was a bit of a novelty because I was the only non Brazilian there.
       By spending time with locals I’m getting to know the insides of Brazilian culture but there is one thing I learned on my own and that is Brazil is a cleavage-lovers paradise! It’s true, women of most ages and all colors and shapes show off their cleavage. Sure, it’s warm here but it’s also warm in Africa and Southeast Asia but I have never seen so much cleavage before. If you got it flaunt it, seems to be the motto here and I must say I don’t disagree! Some of the boobs are fake though and they can be easily spotted. Apparently there are a lot of fake asses here too, literrally. I’m not sure if I could spot a fake ass but dammit, I’m going to have fun trying (discreetly, of course)! I must admit Brazil has some of the best people watching I’ve seen anywhere due to the racially mixed society. There’s all combinations here and I really appreciate the diversity.

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