Rio de Janeiro

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This is how I began my morning: Then I proceeded to have an incredibly satisfying breakfast with about five cups of coffee.  I had a long day and night ahead of me, as I was having to say goodbye to Lucas and flying back home.  Rio 180 Hotel might be...

Lucas and I leisurely enjoyed our last breakfast at Casas Brancas and posed for a couple of more pictures before departing for Rio de Janeiro. My first visit to Brasil was a holiday.  This visit was unexpected.  The next visit will be for my honeymoon (oh yeah, I forgot to...

As with most trips, the time went be way too quickly.  Lucas and I had most definitely fallen in love with Buzios and had even flirted with the idea of going real estate shopping to get an idea of how much a house would cost us in the future if...

"If we truly want to know the secret of soulful travel, we need to believe that there is something sacred waiting to be discovered in virtually every journey." Phil Cousineau Prologue: When I stepped foot for the first time exactly five years ago in South America, I was definitely on...