| all over Brasil... |
| oktober fest and the south |
| on this trip we went to the brasilian rip-off of Germany's Oktoberfest, and visited some of the most famous cities of the south. |
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| this is me and pedro upside-down on a ride at beto carreio world, brasils largest theme park. |
| maria luisa, pedro and i ,at oktoberfest |
| abbie, patrick, maria luisa and i getting ready to scuba dive |
| amazon |
| hands down the most amazing trip of my life, one week floating on the black river through the amazon, sleeping in hammoks, surrounded by amazing people. |
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| morning boat trip to see the river dolphins |
| the hammocks on the boat we slept on |
| i caught more piranhas than any other exchange student that day. later we made a soup out of them, they say piranha soup is an anaphrodesiac... |
| day trip |
| this is where we showered for the whole trip |
| i held this sloth! and he actually looked like that, this is an undoctored foto haha, i love it. |
| amazon woman |
| brasilia |
| the nations capitol. |
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| the northeast |
| this trip was nearly a month long, we went all the way down the easten coast hitting most of the largest tourist cities....crazy times. |
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| footprints in the sand |
| the whole group in front of the christ |
| me, extatic, feeding a monkey |
| the monkey! |
| porto seguro, the point where brasil was first discovered by the europeans |
| i love playing in the mud. |
| sugar loaf mountain (from the higher of the two peaks) |
| baeutiful sky |
| mexican dancing night, i love these people. |
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| carnaval |
| brasils largest celebration, the whole country takes the week off just to party, and i spent my week in the biggest party center of them all: Rio. even got to be in the parade, something most brasilians will never do in their lifetimes...an amazing experience... |
| the parade area, all lit up |
| me in the costume i wore in the parade |
| me and dania after the parade was over, that makeup was impossible to get off |
| i dont think this one requires much of an explanation, haha...good times |
| sabs, erin and i |
| pantanal, foz de iguacu, and bonito |
| this was kind of the trip to cap off the year by hitting all places we hadn't yet gone, was the last trip we got to take all together, i miss you guys. |
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| me holding a macaw |
| swimming in the crystal clear waters of bontio brasil. bonito means beautiful in potuguese. it was well named. |
| iguacu falls kick niagras ass... |
| me and pat in front of the falls |
| me holding a baby alligator |
| pantanal |
| me touching an anaconda! |