car update, I cany hold her captain!

somewhere between my, Samoras and Christianos driving on the tracks a few new problems have come up, one of which could be an issue…
the car alarm and the central locking system just doesn’t work at all now, it had been heading that way for a while and it finally gave in, a pain but not [...]

Posted at Feb 28th | 8 comments | Filed Under: Uncategorized read on

laugh at my expense… again!

a quick update before I fill in the backlog of days and just so you can laugh at me again, I had seen many of the guys complaining of acid burns and some looked pretty nasty. turns out it comes from an insect urinating on you, oh the joy, needless to say the acid for [...]

Posted at Feb 27th | 4 comments | Filed Under: Uncategorized read on

off air…

back online today, internet has been a real pain for the last week no one fixes anything during carnaval, updates on there way!

Posted at Feb 27th | 1 comment | Filed Under: Uncategorized read on

being ill and powerpoint (argh!)

so being ill really isn’t funny, I have a fever and in this heat oh my god… and lads no comments about where I got it from, ok!
I’m not well enough to drive today so I have handed the reins over to Samora… evidently it has been a while (2 years) since he’s used a [...]

Posted at Feb 25th | no comments | Filed Under: Uncategorized read on

the other side of Carnaval!

seeing someone being stabbed, knife to the hilt in a guys back, was not the most joyous of occasions and it brings home the fact that like anywhere there can be trouble, i suspect there was a lot more than i saw.
i don’t know what drug it was but many of the guys were out [...]

Posted at Feb 24th | 2 comments | Filed Under: Uncategorized read on

get your dance on :)

not feeling so great today, have the start of a cold but last day of carnival so making the most of it and getting my dance on with the rest of the town, Humphreys, Blackburn, you would be proud of me!
Samora really doesn’t like the whole carnival thing, the closest we can get him is [...]

Posted at Feb 24th | no comments | Filed Under: Uncategorized read on

mirandiba (spelt wrong no doubt, sorry!)

another day without Samora but Adalmir has the slight edge on interview technique so no problem, apart from the need of sign language, however I can now hear most major words… just need to work out what they mean
mirandiba is a small town of about 4,000 people, I keep hearing the words cididade [...]

Posted at Feb 23rd | no comments | Filed Under: Uncategorized read on

voce tem uma namorada?

it has taken a while but I now know what this means when women ask me, tuta didn’t tell me, and you have to be careful how you answer at carnival time, trouble is all I can say!!

Posted at Feb 22nd | 2 comments | Filed Under: Uncategorized read on

teaching photography

 
after another night of carnival check the other post for some amusement in my naïvety.
we hadn’t planned to go to the community today as we really need a proper break but under the some pressure to film a farmers meeting we went… again against our better judgement I fear, yes I got some shots but [...]

Posted at Feb 22nd | 2 comments | Filed Under: Uncategorized read on

Carnival boys!

well last night was interesting, first night of carnival and the tradition is that the blokes wear womens clothes, no I didn’t partake but I did notice there was a large proportion of the guys who seemed rather at home in drag.
in fact it appears that salgeiro has quite a large and open gay community, [...]

Posted at Feb 21st | 1 comment | Filed Under: Uncategorized read on

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This blog has been set up to follow my sabbatical in Brazil as I work with The International Exchange. The project will be working with the Quilombos, helping to tell their story.

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