Canada is such a beautiful country with many incredible people. Sadly, no country is without social issues. A major social problem we saw in Canada was the many challenges the indigenous people face. Many indigenous people live in reserves with self goverments. The others that live outside of the reserves, tend to have harder lives.…
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Finally, the moment and reason for coming to Canada was here. The city of Brandon was going to have more flavor. It was an experience to remember. Capoeria is not very known to many people, as other marital arts are. It was our job to show this small city what this art was about. To…
Read more A taste of Brazil in a small Canadian city
After exploring the city, the time came for us to crash on the beach. Seriously, we slept on the beach like bums. It was a very interesting experience. This event led up to the real reason as to why we were in Rio, to see Pope Francis. It was a nice 2013 winter day in…
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Rio’s metro is the second most used in Brazil. With 1.1 million riders daily and 401.5 million yearly, the metro is on a global city level. Waiting for the train at the station, makes you feel like you are in Brooklyn, NY at the L train Bedford ave stop. One way metro fare is R$3.50.…
Read more Riding Rio’s Public Transportation
After experiencing a day of nothing but rain, the sun finally got over it’s shyness. We got to see Rio, the way it is in the movies. The true beauty of this city, was hiding from the gloomy weather. Rio de Janeiro is a huge city with many wonderful neighborhoods. The global image of Rio…
Read more The sun is out, Time to explore
Rio de Janiero, Brazil’s second city. The second largest city in Brazil and the sixth largest in the Americas. Home to some of the best beaches in the world. We were not too excited about it raining in this tropical paradise. Even with the rain, we still took in the beauty of this city. Like…
Read more Another rainy day in Rio
São Paulo, Brazil is the Americas’ and the Southern Hemisphere’s most populated city. We were so excited to finally be here, in Brazil’s Manhattan. It was towards the end of a 2013 July when we arrived and we were once again reminded the Northern Hemisphere has opposite seasons. It was raining when we got to São…
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Brazil home of the bikini, the Brazilian wax, Capoeira and some of the best soccer players in the world. We were extremely excited to visit Brazil. We only wish it was easy for us to get there. The crew went trough a lot of trials. It all started in the Misiones province, Argentina. We used…
Read more Crossing the Brazilian border
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