Brazil Day 1: DC to São Paolo

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Onboard United Flight 1972 before departure On final approach to Newark

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Brazil Day 2: Rio De Janeiro Arrival

Friday, November 22, 2019

Final approach to São Paulo On the shuttle bus on the way to Congonhas Storm clouds on the way to Congonhas On the way to Congonhas  

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Brazil Day 3: Rio de Janeiro

Saturday, November 23, 2019

For lunch Marcio knows a BBQ place downtown. We park and enjoy a walk through the city before lunch at Confeitaria Colombo. In the afternoon we visit the…

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Brazil Day 4: Rio de Janeiro to Penápolis

Sunday, November 24, 2019

Final approach into Campinas After lunch we fly from Campinas to Araçatuba on Azul flight 4501. We’re on a turboprop plane for this leg of the journey. It’s…

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Brazil Day 5: Penápolis

Monday, November 25, 2019

Clube Penapolense Andy in his classroom Clara in her classroom Feijoada Lunch Yucca flour or farofa yucca Soybean field  Soybeans  Socafé!

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Brazil Day 6: Exploring Penápolis

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

The Garden Shopping mall food court A little bit about Penápolis. It’s a city of about 60,000 people located about 5 hour drive from both Säo Paolo and…

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Brazil Day 7: Penápolis

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

From the poolside kiosk at Maria Helena’s … Today we took it easy. Donna, John, and Juliana did a couple of shopping trips with John and Lori. I…

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Brazil Day 8: Penápolis Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 28, 2019

It’s Thanksgiving day! Donna and I begin the day with a Turkey Trot. There isn’t a 5k here and if there was we wouldn’t be running. But we…

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Brazil Day 9: Penápolis to São Paolo

Friday, November 29, 2019

Tomorrow we explore São Paolo before heading to the airport for our flight back to DC.

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Brazil Day 10: São Paolo to DC

Saturday, November 30, 2019

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Brazil Day 11: Back Home

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Back a home after a couple of days to unpack and catch up on sleep … Our Saturday night flight departed São Paolo on-time.  And with a direct…

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Brazil Gear and Workflow Overview

Saturday, February 1, 2020

Note: This post is way overdue. I usually write these post-trip gear and workflow reviews a couple of months after I get home. I’m writing this in May…

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Israel Gear and Workflow Overview

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

It’s been two and a half years since my last international trip to Brazil. From global to personal, those two and a half years were filled with some…

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