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I Ain't No Hollaback Girl . . . & God is Brazilian.

Ok, I know that Gwen Stefani is not everyone’s role model, but she is mine right now, because I ain’t no hollaback girl. Right now,  I’m in Rio de Janeiro, conducting thesis research, and there’s so much to see, do, and understand beyond the issue of the postcards with pictures of girls’ butts on them. Same [...]

La Paz, El Soroche; Buenas desde Adventure Brew Hostel

Buenas from on high. I just *finally* got to La Paz after more than thirty hours of travel, and immediately got dizzy til I had some coca tea, which is both legal and typical here, because it’s a common cure for soroche, or altitude sickness. La Paz is the highest capital city in the world, [...]