One of the best weekends I’ve had in 2020, was also my last real travel weekend, before COVID hit hard. I was in Brazil, being naive to think that things wouldn’t affect that region, and I went on a long

Pousada Refugio Mantiqueira : São Bento do Sapucaí
The last weekend getaway I was able to do when I was in Brazil just before the pandemic hit, was in the area of Sao Paulo, about two hours away into the mountains towards São Bento do Sapucaí, staying at

Walking around Sao Paulo : Brazil
Earlier this year I was planning to tour across south America and explore Brazil. Then the pandemic hit, and I had to retreat, so all I really got to see in Brazil was Sao Paulo. Still, Sao Paulo far exceeded

Ibirapuera Park & Museu de Arte Contemporânea : Sao Paulo
Had a few wonderful weeks in Sao Paulo before the pandemic hit South America and I had to venture back out, but during the time I spent there I saw lots of nice areas. Sao Paulo has a few parks,

Visions of São Bento do Sapucaí : Brazil
In the last weekend before the crisis caught up to me in Brazil, I managed to do a lovely nature weekend escape from Sao Paulo to visit the gorgeous region near São Bento do Sapucaí. Vast green valley, curious rock

Visions of Sao Paulo : Brazil
I’ve been traveling the world for 15 years now, but somehow I’ve never made it to two important continents, Africa, and South America. Lots of technical reasons, or excused, for why that was, but this year – prior to the