Category: Archive
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Hitching a ride
I did manage to get a lift for the last part of the journey though, this is me arriving in Rio.
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Is this the boy from Ipanema?
I thought this was a great spot to pitch my tent…..the locals didn’t agree.
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No sweat
It’s hot out here in Rio but I need to maintain my professional image as a senior sports reporter from the home of the best world cup ever.
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Give us a smile
I chatted to some fans (of soccer, not me) – this guy looks like he wants some of the WWF action. Nice smile though…
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Our cheap, comfortable, child proof castle
Amanda Spohr used to have green décor dreams for her home. Now the only green she sees is the swimming pool, but her home remains her castle. She explains.
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Dave checks out a riot – Episode 8
Dave’s transportation woes continue and while he maintains that it is better to travel with ‘the people’, he is forced (once again) to give his travel the thumbs up. We think his next project might be ‘The hitchhiker’s guide to Brazil.’
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Party Time!
At first I thought it was a protest by a lot of people wearing curtains and brightly coloured tablecloths (an honest mistake). I toyi-toyi’d once during a protest in Durban which felt very similar so I was easily confused.
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Zakhele Mbhele, fresh new face of parliament
He’s young, ambitious, energetic, and ready to ring in the changes. Meet the new man about the House.
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Spidey sense
Carnivals bring the crazy. Some people are wearing curtains, beads, feathers, lights, lots of skin – others? They are spiders…..Why?