Ooh boy, this is going to be one of my most favorite posts to write. As Damian and I were planning this trip we knew that one thing we wanted to make sure we had as part of it was volunteering. Selfishly, it’s something we really enjoy doing and get a lot of fulfillment from, and less selfishly…
Ahh, Brasil and it’s love of football! As some of you may know, I spent 4 years working at the National Basketball Association (the NBA) and serve as an Adjunct Professor in Columbia University’s Masters in Sports Management Program. I clearly have a love of sports (especially my beloved Boston teams) and truly enjoy thinking about the…
Note: I still have to write about our fabulous time on the beach in Ubatuba … but my not-so-fabulous iPhone decided to eat it and all the pictures are on there so I’m going to wait and see if they can be recovered before writing about that. For now, we are skipping forward to our first…
As mentioned in my previous post about Bonito, I wanted to write a little more in detail about all the amazing activities that Bonito and the surrounding area has to offer. Because tourism has grown only recently the whole system that is set up for visitors to tour is one that has been created to be as simple, effective and…
Bonito is in the Southeast of Brasil and has been called the “ecotourism capital of the world”. It is about 5,000 square kilometers, with a population of ~20,000 and was relatively unknown as a travel destination until the late 1990s. There is so much natural beauty in the area and since it was developed relatively later…