It also is good to have a probiotic supplement on hand in the event you take an antibiotic and need to replenish your flora afterwards.
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Category Archives: Travel
Quit Your Job & Travel: Reality or Impossible Dream?
Should your quit your job and go traveling? It may sound like a romantic fairy tale but for some it is a true reality.
Islas Balletas
Enjoy this mini slide show from Peru at what is called the “Poor mans Galapagos”.
Getting a Tourist Visa for Brazil on the fly in Lima, Peru
I got my visa, went to Brazil and I lived to tell you about it.
Street Art Tour: Cartagena, Colombia
If you ever get a chance to go to Cartagena, Colombia I hope that the street art tour is still happening.
Street Art of Santa Theresa, Rio de Janeiro
Santa Theresa is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro. Compared to modern neighborhoods like Copacabana and Ipanema, it is ornate, spray painted and much of it could be considered run down–but it has a unique to itself charm. According to my Airbnb Santa Theresa host, it began as a convent on the […]
Brazilian Music and Dance Coming Full Circle at Carnival in Salvador, Brazil
It’s been more than twenty years since I stumbled into my first encounter with Brazilian dance. It was 1992 or 1993 in Santa Cruz, California and spontaneously I attended a performance of Brazilian dance at Louden Nelson Center. Immediately I knew it was something I was interested in. I still remember seeing Conceição Damaseco dance […]
Signs of the Orixa in Salvador and Little Havana (Photos)
The Orixa are the gods, deities and elements of Candomblé, Santeria, Macumba and other religions all descending from the Yorba people of Nigeria. I got to see signs of the Orixa in both Brazil and in Miami (via Cuba) in Little Havana during my trip to South America this spring.
Things that I love so far about Rio de Janeiro
1. My body type is well represented on the beach. Lots of women in bikinis with butts, rolls, tummies and dimples and not a care in the world.
Tomorrow (Amanhã) I go to Brazil
Tomorrow I fly to Brazil and a desire 20 years in the making, will be no longer a someday. For over 10 years I was a samba dancer. I discovered Brazilian dance in a performance one night in the early 90’s in my first year Santa Cruz, CA and I was enthralled. I started taking […]
Ingredients for a Perfect Trip
The phrase that keeps coming to me is ingredients–not stuff–but I have been obsessed with stuff for days.
Seattle Skyline in Winter
Even though the days are getting lighter from here on out we are still in the dark time of winter. No better exemplified in the United States then by the darkness of Seattle, WA.
