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  1. September 9, 2005

    Another Face of Rio

    Rain. Lots of rain. Rain without stop.

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  2. September 6, 2005

    Moving to Rio

    It is a Sunday today, and in a shopping centre in the middle of Belo Horizonte city, I am tapping away on the keyboard, waiting for my bus to Rio. It turns out that there are not a lot of services to Rio on a Sunday and my bus leaves at…

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  3. September 6, 2005

    The Conference – Day 1

    The first day is still going strong, and it has been very interesting to see people from so many different nations here. I have already met people from bases in Norway, Panama, and Brazil, spending time with them all over lunch. There is a…

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  4. September 6, 2005

    Curitiba – The Rain Stopped

    It stopped. The rain actually stopped. Not forever though. It is now raining again. But it really did stop.

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  5. September 5, 2005

    Belo Horizonte at Last

    Well we finally arrived in Belo Horizonte, 2 1/2hrs later than our scheduled time, and 5 1/2hrs later than the planned time.

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  6. September 5, 2005

    Back to Base

    These days I am back in the YWAM base in Corrientes. I successfully caught my 10am ride to Corrientes and was back there by 7.30pm that night. My return from Brazil completed, it then took several days to finally sort through all of the…

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  7. September 5, 2005

    Brothers Three

    Sometime in 2001, while living in New Zealand, I headed with my elder brother over to Japan where our youngest brother was living for a while. The idea was to catch up with him and check out where he was living as well as get to see some…

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  8. September 4, 2005

    The Conference – Day 2

    Well this place is certainly a mix of people. I am becoming confused in my languages now. Not that I know Portuguese, but when talking with people to buy food and the shops I am trying to speak something that resembles it. This means that…

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  9. September 1, 2005

    Guarana

    A semi-clear liquid, looking more like beer than anything else, sold as a soft-drink. Guarana is an extract of some plant. It is sold profusely here in Brazil. And it is GOOOOD stuff.

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  10. September 1, 2005

    The Conference – Last Day

    Well it has been hard to find time for Internet during this conference. There is a huge line of people waiting to use the only internet nearby that is available. The first day I missed it was when I discovered that it closes at 7.30pm at…

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