Sipping on a caipirinha

03/07/2008 | Location: Salvador, Brazil

The sweet and sour combination of the sugar and lime playfully teases the palette, while the cool ice takes the edge off of the "cachaça."

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

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