Next on my journey in life.... I went to Brazil for 3 weeks! I visited a close family friend who lives there. I had the experience of a lifetime. I even left an organ in the country. Oops. Made some new friends who don't speak English, but Google translate helps to keep the communication going strong. I'll write more on my emergency appendectomy in a future post. All I can say.... I'm glad i had travel insurance, and I'm glad I had some idea of what was going to happen.... that being said.... People in the private hospital that I went to in Natal, Brazil did not speak English. The physicians spoke broken English. It was glorious.
All right on to the pictures!
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Champagne and a fold flat seat for the 8.5 hour flight from Miami to
Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
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| Caipirinhas. Delicious sugar cane cocktails! |
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| Belo Horizonte, Brazil from afar. |
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Waiting for my luggage I found a little piece of home! Alaska
bakery! |
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I even went on a tour of caverns.
The tour was in Portuguese. I have no
idea what happened here. None. Earth stuff. |
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| On the road from Belo to Varginha. Stuck in a 3 hour traffic jam. at least the view was lovely |
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| Varginha is pretty much the Roswell of Brazil |
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| Coming over the mountains into Rio. Torrential rain made the crazy Brazilian drivers that much crazier. It was similar to real life Mario Cart on the Rainbow Road course. |
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| I started my ER experience in this chair. |
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| my scars |
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| My nasty appendix |
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| And I left the hospital for this view to recover. Life was really hard on the beaches of Natal! |
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| I'm ALIVE!!! |
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| Henrique my trustee sidekick through this adventure |
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| The city of Natal |
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| My first post surgery cocktail. Surgeon approved! |
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| Next stop on my north beach excursions... Pipa! |
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| My lunch date |
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| My beach date |
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| Watching the fishing boats |
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| Stunner of a sunset |
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| A side trip to a new beach. We came to these bluffs and views. I've never seen anything like it. |
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| The ceiling at the Natal craft center. |
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| Me and the bridge! |
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| I visited a fortress! |
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| The Natal bridge from the fortress |
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| This Mexican restaurant didn't have Mexican food.The fish soup was still pretty tasty though, and the beer was ICE cold |
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| Watching the sunset in San Miguel, Brazil |
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| Me and Manu! |
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| A storm rolling in, San Miguel, Brazil |
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| A cool scene. A boy washing his horse in the ocean by San Miguel, Brazil |
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| The start of the longest road in Brazil |
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| New friends! Manu speaks little English, I speak little Portuguese. Google Translate for the win! |
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| Smoky Rio |
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| The insanely gorgeous sunset |
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| Henrique found Jesus too. I made him. |
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| The day I found Jesus. He was on top of a hill that is accessible only by a tram. Who would have thought! |
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| Christ The Redeemer |
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| The street performers in Rio are completely legit. |
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| The city of Ouro Preto, Brazil. I spent my last night in Brazil in a charming hotel that was built in the 1600's. |
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| looking down the alleys and streets |
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| The clock tower in the city square in Ouro Preto |
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| A wonderful last meal and wine in Brazil. What an incredible experience. |
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