In the middle of a Dr. Seuss book

14 Oct. 2007

Brasil. I am in Brasil. I have been in Brasil for 3 days.

It is hot here but it smells fresh.
It is scary but exhilarating.
It is a place i never thought i would be but a place i know i want to be right now.

I came Brasil for a wedding but instead i find myself in the middle of Dr. Seuss: Oh the places you will go. "It's opener there in the wide open air."

I have traveled from the piss-smelling streets of Sao Paulo to the hot-dry air of Belo Horizonte to a 80's style church in Ipatinga to the cobble-stoned streets of Ouro Preto and now onto the infamous Rio.

I have seen monks in the bus terminal, joggers with fanny packs, nervous fiances, happy newlyweds, Brazilian boys trying to be American and unfortunately succeeding, beggar children, poodles with pink booties and friends you can only say goodbye to because you promise to "see each other soon."

I have felt exhausted, terrified, annoyed, excited, alive and happy.

I have danced like a fool, cried tears of happiness, ate condensed milk ice cream, smelt vomit on a sickening 4-hour bus ride, clutched the seat of a miniature car as it flew around 90 degree corners and seriously doubted the decency of mankind.

And that is just the first three days.