BRAZIL | Friday, 3 May 2013 | Views [340]
I spent the night in a favela . In case you were wondering, it was a first for me. In this neighbourhood withstood the describable abode of a newly acquired friend, with whom I met that evening to embark on an adventurous hike starting at an ungodly ... Read more >
Tags: food, new worlds
BRAZIL | Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | Views [540]
And so it is that after six-weeks of being in a city of Brazilian sea and sunshine I am having my first, much-anticipated sugar cone of soft-serve – nuts, chocolate sprinkles, wafer and all: across the road from my city apartment in the midst of ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, brasil, budget, culture, food, fortaleza
BRAZIL | Friday, 19 Apr 2013 | Views [347] | Scholarship Entry
The thought that any nationality could beat the South African with the amount of meat he consumes was not one I readily conceptualised until I spent a sweltering Sunday afternoon with thirty-odd Brazilians. It is Easter Sunday, and I am sitting on the ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013