Mujeres de Calafate

April 26

Returned to the world of the living, after a great night’s sleep. Very good breakfast served to us on a lovely little tiled patio in the hotel. Able to check emails as we await the start of our full day tour with Gabriela, which starts at 8 AM.

To circle back to yesterday, […]

Let the games begin

April 24-25

Spent the day packing and getting ready (okay, piddling around) for our 9:30 PM departure, a non-stop flight to Sao Paolo, more than 10 hours and over 5000 miles away, where we’ll have a layover of about 3 hours before continuing on to Salvador de Bahia, a flight of a bit over […]

Prepare to Samba

Okay, ready? We take off late Thursday.

So, why Brazil? Because we’re not going to Bolivia. Now that may require a bit of explanation. I’d gotten the notion that we should go to Bolivia, so that when I told people we were going there I’d get to hear, “You’re going where?” Pretty much nobody goes […]