What do you get when you combine soccer and golf? Not much fun and a high possibility of injury. On the other hand when you combine soccer and volleyball and put it on sand you have one of the coolest sports in the world – Futevolei! Take the hard part of volleyball – getting the [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 19, 2008
Perinopolis
A man can only watch so many episodes of The Simpsons in Portuguese from the hotel room before he wants to choke himself on a spoonful of farofa. Thus the inertia for a weekend roadtrip was born. With 4 friends I made it out to the lovely little town of Perinopolis last weekend. [...]
June 13, 2008
Festa Junina
I’m just getting back from a night at Festa Junina. In Brasil they celebrate the entire month of June! More specifically, Festa Junina is a catholic festival celebrating Saint Anthony, John the Baptist, and Saint Peter. Our festival was hosted by a church/school. It’s also associated with rural traditions and so it involves [...]
June 12, 2008
Racing
This past weekend I competed in my first ever 10km running race here in Brasilia. I’ve been training for over a month and I need to have some sort of goal to keep me motivated. I think my race was a success overall – I came close to my goal with a somewhat [...]
June 5, 2008
Coco Gelado
Probably one of the best features of living in a tropical clime is the coco gelado. The coco gelado(or coco frio in Spanish) is the ultimate tropical indulgence. The simplicity is what makes it so appealing to me. Take one nicely chilled coconut. Cut off the top. Insert straw. [...]
June 3, 2008
Curitiba
I’ve been traveling this week. I’m in Curitiba Monday through Wednesday for a meeting. Curitiba is a nice city located near the coast of southern Brasil. The weather here is sort of like San Francisco with lots of fog and the 4 seasons in one day phenomenon. There’s about 2 million [...]
June 1, 2008
Uncontacted tribe discovered
In case you haven’t seen this news story this week, check this out. One of the last uncontacted indigenous tribes in the Amazon was discovered earlier this month. There are pictures taken from the small airplane flying over showing the tribe armed with arrows shooting at the plane. It’s just amazing to [...]
