Maxim magazine recently voted Brazil as the “Hardest Holiday Destination” with the following explanation: Beautiful beaches, the land of silky football and home to the World Cup in 2014; it sounds like a perfect place to visit. According to Government travel advice, ‘Levels of violence and crime are high. Outbreaks of violence, particularly aimed at … Continue reading
Category Archives: Places We Go
Anti-American Murals and Graffiti in Venezuela
The power pole unfortunately obscures it, but George W. Bush’s face is on the head of the snake: These lost a bit of their impact for me when I was informed that the government pays people to paint these murals of anti-American sentiments: The picture isn’t entirely clear, but that is a crushed and bloody … Continue reading
Petrobras Tanker Facility In Maceio, Brazil
We spent several days based in Maceio with Brandon and Amanda. On one of these days we decided to walk down the beach to the Port of Maceio. That would be down here, although you can’t really see the port in this picture and it was taken on a different day. But, trust me, it’s … Continue reading
Photo Of The Day – A Brothel In Caracas
This is the brothel we stayed in when we were in Caracas. They had a side business providing rooms for people that actually wanted to spend the full night, but this was primarily a working facility – girls doing their thing out front, mirrors on the ceiling and all… Continue reading
Scenes Of Brest, Belarus
Brest is a grim city. A very Soviet-style city dominated by large industries. Nevertheless, the people can be good fun. In this pub pictured below a group of guys started chatting to us in passable English. They started with the preliminaries – where we were from, what we were doing there and such. They soon … Continue reading
Sebu, Sudan – A Libertarian Paradise? Insurgent Lair? Anti-Chinese Stronghold?
Guess what? There are places in the Muslim world – even in a so-called “pariah” state like Sudan – where the bad guys are not the Americans. That’s right, welcome to Sebu, Sudan. In Sebu it is the Chinese that are the bad guys (Sebu, by the way, is also sometimes referred to as Cebu, … Continue reading
How The Wealthy Live In Brazil…
This is where Team Ames and Team Boers spent New Year’s Eve this year: An indoor garden: The office: The living room with an extension of the indoor garden: A private study: Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 