Category Archives: Brazil
Brazil is becoming more affordable
You know that a country is going through an economic crisis when your friends from Brazil don’t begin their days by posting photos of their morning coffee, but by commenting on the exchange rate between the Brazilian real and the US … Continue reading
Peace in Colombia? Just in time!
In January or February 2016, I will be somewhere on the Amazon river, on a boat, sailing upstream, deeper into the jungle. I will be on the way to one of the many tributary rivers of the Amazon, and chance … Continue reading
How one song connects Israel, Romania and Brazil
Do you know this feeling: when you hear a song and it gets stuck in your head somehow, it remains connected to good memories and you would like to listen to it again, but you can’t remember the name of the … Continue reading
Moving to South America. By boat.
When I made my decision to leave Europe in 2015 and to move around the world, I knew it would be hard to decide where to begin this journey. My mind was going back and forth between Africa, Asia, the … Continue reading
Brazil, a Paradise for the Left?
Brazil will hold the first round of a presidential election tomorrow. The candidates with the best prospects of advancing to the second round are incumbent Dilma Rousseff of the Workers’ Party, Marina Silva of the Brazilian Socialist Party and Aécio Neves of the … Continue reading
Easily Confused (36) Brazil
What the world is enraged about: football stadiums not being completed on time What the world doesn’t care about: poverty, corruption, violence
Plastic Surgery Statistics
While browsing charts and graphs about property bubbles and purchasing power parity, I came across this chart in The Economist which shows how much plastic surgery is performed in the following countries. There is a lot to be said about … Continue reading
The image of Germany in Brazil
It is astonishing how quickly Germany regained a positive image in the world after starting two world wars, setting the whole continent of Europe on fire and attempting to exterminate the Jews of the world. Thanks to the Cold War … Continue reading
Don’t disturb!
It’s probably better to leave these people alone. They will find us if they want to. Of course I am curious to find out about these yet uncontacted tribes. It would probably be extremely interesting. But in this case, moral … Continue reading
The Happy Hermit 