Brazil, Life and Perserverence!!!
Rio de Janeiro: 29°C, hot, sunny and a little overcast. It is the eve of the first of three bank holidays in November. This is the penultimate month of the year, and I will be visiting England for the first time in 22 years. It feels like an eternity, almost a generation. The countdown has begun, and I am keen […]
Rio de Janeiro: 29°C, hot and sunny. Today has been another productive day, coming close to a milestone in my life that perhaps for some might not seem like much, but for me, it is significant. A great deal. Today I had my penultimate dentist’s appointment for the fitting of my implant teeth. I have had two large gaps in […]
Nestled on Brazil’s southeastern coast, Paraty is a captivating municipality in the State of Rio de Janeiro. This picturesque town is situated between the lush Atlantic Forest and the Atlantic Ocean, providing a stunning backdrop of green peaks and azure waters. Paraty is located approximately 260 kilometres south of Rio de Janeiro and 330 kilometres from São Paulo, making it […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 32°C, hot, sunny, stuffy, and slightly overcast. As the month wraps up, I’m getting ready for my trip to England, which will happen this time next month. There’s a bank holiday coming up this week, plus two more in November, making it three bank holidays in total. The number of these holidays makes me wonder about […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 29oC, hot, sunny, stuffy and slightly overcast. Today was supposed to be a productive day. I aimed to prepare and draft three or four posts for the blog. However, that didn’t happen. I managed to prepare one in the morning, but I either got delayed or distracted for the rest of the day. Nalva thinks that […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25oC, hottish, sunny and slightly overcast. My recent blog entries have focused on Brazil’s catastrophic and chaotic state at the moment. The economy is entering a severe recession, worse than anything seen before in the country. The three branches of government are fighting among themselves, and I have always believed that nothing can thrive in an […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 25oC, hot and Sunny and slightly overcast. It has become clear over the last couple of months, particularly in the previous two weeks, that a fundamental reason to go to England is the situation in Brazil, which has become a dictatorship. Similar to the situation in North Korea, where small actions over time led the populace […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 27oC, hot and sunny. It is exactly 1 month that I will be arriving in England, on the 23rd of November. This morning, while I was taking a shower, I came up with a challenging idea: to lose 5 kilos before my trip to England. I haven’t weighed below 90 kg in seven or eight years. […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 23 oC, hottish, slightly sunny and overcast. Today marks another milestone—my second in just two days. I have completed my first journal, a small but compact notebook filled with my entries. All the entries from this mini journal have been transferred to my blog, ‘The Long Gringo.’ This is the first entry of what I call […]
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 23 oC, hottish, slightly sunny and overcast. Everyone knows or should know from my blog that I enjoy writing and putting my thoughts down on paper. When I had my school, I printed many high-quality marketing leaflets on Couche paper. They were printed on only one side, leaving me thousands of leftover leaflets and scrap paper. […]