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The magnificent view from Christ the Redeemer

    03/12/2008 | Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Rio beach redux

03.11.2008 | Rio de Janiero, Brazil
With beaches like these, we couldn't resist the opportunity to spend another day on the astounding beaches of Rio.

The magnificent view from Christ the Redeemer

03.12.2008 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Any trip to Rio is incomplete without a visit to the city\'s most spectacular vista: Christ the Redeemer (Christo o Redentor).

Last Day in Brazil

03.13.2008 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
We bid farewell to Brazil and head back to New York City.

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Dinner at a churrascaria

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).

Bellas Artes and a tall view

01.03.2008 | Mexico City, Mexico
Our second day of exploring Mexico City led us to under the beautiful dome of Bellas Artes, an art museum containing murals by Diego Ri...

Mopeds, a map and no plan

07.09.2008 | Chiang Rai, Thailand
Did we mention we loved the mopeds? So much, in fact, we used them again to explore Chiang Rai and the surrounding countryside.

Across the Mekong and on to Laos

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...

Sarajevo

05.05.2008 | Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
With only 24 hours to get from Split on Adriatic coast to Belgrade we sadly had to breeze through the beautiful (and once war torn) cou...

Sipping on a caipirinha

03.07.2008 | Salvador, Brazil
The "caipirinha" is Brazil's national mixed drink of choice and, amazingly, we made it three weeks into our travels here before trying one.

Palace in the Sky

06.11.2008 | Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
Sigiriya is one of Sri Lanka's most popular historic landmarks and deservedly so. The ancient, cliff-top palace is impressive for both...

The German History Museum

04.15.2008 | Berlin, Germany
Today we got a taste of Germany's long and quite wide ranging history at the Deutsches Historiches Museum, Berlin's national history museum.

Lucha libre wrestling

01.07.2008 | Puebla, Mexico
What happens when you combine a circus, a soap opera and dirty punches? You get this: Lucha Libre (free fight).

Touching down in Buenos Aires

02.01.2008 | Buenos Aires, Argentina
On a beautiful first day in "The Paris of the South" we hit the ground running, catching some sights and eating some tasty Argentine sp...

On to Brazil

02.12.2008 | Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
Just a quick bus ride from Puerto Iguazu, Argentina, we enter its sister city, Foz do Iguaçu and begin our month long exploration of Brazil.

The red elephants of Tsavo East

03.31.2008 | Tsavo East, Kenya
Made famous by the Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo, Tsavo East National Park is an impressive swath of land, where lions, cheetah, giraffe an...
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