A Visit To Mangueira

02/22/2008 | Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The "Golden Girls" of Mangueira collectively have over 200 years of performance experience.

(Photo by Thushan Amarasiriwardena, caption by Michael D. Kurtz / LongJaunt.com)

06.18.2008 | Ahmedabad, India

With Thushan fading fast, we head to the doctor's office for a diagnosis, but not before watching the Celtics win the NBA championship ...

07.20.2008 | Huay Xai, Laos

After rising early, we caught a canoe across the mighty Mekong River to Laos and headed north to the small rice paddy paradise of Luang...

02.28.2008 | Salvador, Brazil

Tonight for dinner we went to a churrascaria, a traditional Brazilian eatery, where we ate like kings (and paid royally too).