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Favela
Favela is the name of those slums, shanty towns, ghetos in Rio de Janeiro. Any guide book would tell you "By any means, DO NOT walk into a favela, day or night!" Favela is always related to poverty and crime. If you ask a Carioca (residents o...
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Thursday, June 01, 2006
Fechado?
"Fechado" means "closed" in Portugese. I'm in Rio since two days, "fechado" is the word that I use the most frequently here. Yesterday, when I went to visit the Pao de Acucar, the famous hill in Rio, it was "fecha...
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Wednesday, May 31, 2006
The most corrupted city in the world
Ciudad Del Este, Paraguay, has the reputation of "the most corrupted city in the world". It is a "pirate heaven", where you can find all kinds of contraband, pirated, smuggled goods, from digital camera, cellphones, to clothes and D...
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Monday, May 29, 2006
Devil's Throat
Devil's Throat, is the name of the biggest fall among the 275 falls of The Iguazu Falls. 1 million liters of water is falling down per second! From far away, you can already here the roaring water and see the cloud of vapor rising high in the sky. ...
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Sunday, May 28, 2006
3 borders
I've been lazy these days. Buenos Aires is too much like Europe, and the lazy worm in me, that I acquired from Europe, came back on me. :-) I arrived in Puerto Iguazu this afternoon. I had a brief rest in the hotel. According to the guide book, ther...
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Saturday, May 27, 2006
That Star in La Boca
I'm back to Buenos Aires. This morning, I left Colonia and took the fast boat, which only took one hour, to arrive in BsAs. The weather is very nice. There's not even a single slice of cloud in the sky. A nice welcome back to BsAs! I went to the ...
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Sunday, May 21, 2006
Melting in my loneliness
People say Uruguay is the "Switzerland of South America". They are right. At least the price here is as expensive as in Switzerland! On my way from Montevideo back to Colonia, I sat by the window. Afar, is the river La Plata. Closer, hord...
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Saturday, May 20, 2006
Grappa Con Miel
The company "Buquebus" runs the boat and bus between Buenos Aires and Uruaguay. Passengers must arrive at the port one hour before departure time for the immigration procedure. I came to the port at 8 AM. There are several lines at the im...
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Friday, May 19, 2006
Feels like home
I arrived yesterday in Buenos Aires. When I first saw the river La Plata, I was shocked. This is not a river! It's a sea! Only that the color of the water is brown rather than blue. I've only seen such wide river at the river mouth of the Yang-Tze in C...
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Thursday, May 18, 2006
The beef doesn't melt, but football does roll
I finally tried Argentinian beef, yesterday, in Mendoza. But the beef didn't melt in my mouth, unlike the legend goes. I tried the beef in another place today, still the same. I couldn't even cut the beef only with my fork, unlike the legend goes. S...
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Getting drunk all by myself in Mendoza
The whole city is like a big park, that's Mendoza. Every single street is densely lined by trees, plane trees, poplar trees, palm trees... It's autumn here, the leaves are turning golden. The entire city is covered by a mixture of green, golden and bro...
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Monday, May 15, 2006
A Word On Bolivia
My best friend Jo, who's Bolivian, was not happy about me criticizing his country in my jounal. So I'd like to say a few words here. I only discovered this web site and started to publish my travel journals a few days ago. Although I stayed in Boliv...
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Monday, May 15, 2006
from Santiago to Mendoza
Last night, in my hotel in Santiago, I saw two Asian women. I thought they were either Japanese or Korean. But when I walked by them, I suddenly heard Cantonese. How rare! They are from Hong Kong! I sat down to chat with them for a long time. They are ...
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Sunday, May 14, 2006
Santiago
I'm happily surprised by Santiago. I didn't imagine it to be such a nice city! It was not even on my destination list before I came to South America. Now I'm very happy that I added it on my list. Santiago has most things you'd expect in a big city,...
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Saturday, May 13, 2006
Valparaiso
When I was taking my breakfast, I heard the voice of Nikki at the reception desk. "Nikki!" I shouted and rushed to hug her. After saying goodbye to each other over 3 weeks ago in La Paz, we finally both made it to Santiago! Nikki is goi...
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Thursday, May 11, 2006
On the way to Santiago
Again, La Paz airport, my luggage is over weight this time. I had to take some stuff out to avoid paying the fine. I've been worried all the time. I don't know how long I'll stay blocked in this country, Bolivia. The entire intercity transportation...
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
La Vida Es Dura
"Good morning. Globo Travel Agency." a woman's voice came from the phone. I am already in Cuzco, calling my travel agent in La Paz. "May I speak with Consuelo?" "She's not here." says the other side of the line. ...
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Tuesday, May 02, 2006
stress at La Paz airport
7 o'clock in the morning, I'm standing at the check-in counter of Lloyd Aerero Boliviano Airlines (LAB) at the El Alto airport in La Paz, Bolivia. I'm flying to Lima today. My round trip flight ticket between La Paz to Lima was purchased a week ago fro...
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Monday, May 01, 2006
