The Amazon doesn’t wake up. It never sleeps. It hums, breathes, whispers, and occasionally bites — a living, breathing opera where the orchestra never takes a break. Out here, you quickly realize you aren’t in nature. You’re in someone else’s home, and they’re all watching you — some from the trees, some from under the water,...
The Amazon doesn’t serve food — it offers challenges disguised as meals. Here, “What’s for lunch?” could mean anything from freshly grilled piranha to a drink that started life as a root and decided to reinvent itself. The jungle feeds you the way a strict teacher educates — with awe, surprise, and occasional pain. Here are...
A typical Caboclo house in the Amazon forest In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, long before Wi-Fi signals and social media filters tried to define connection, there lived people who didn’t need either. They were connected — to river, root, rain, and rhythm. They’re called the Caboclos, and they are the Amazon’s quiet heartbeat.
It starts as a whisper. A shuffle of feet. A heartbeat that learns syncopation. And before you know it, Samba takes over. There’s no polite way to describe Samba. It isn’t music — it’s muscle memory. It’s Brazil’s love language, rebellion, and therapy session all rolled into one sweaty, glittering, glorious explosion.
After months of work, procrastination, and a healthy dose of laziness (not necessarily in that order), I finally sat down to write about my travel to the Galapagos Islands - that legendary archipelago where Darwin met his eureka moment. Here’s my five-day cruise through evolution’s playground: where sea lions do yoga, iguanas sneeze salt, and...
Santiago island is a beautiful island in the Galapagos. Full to the brim with natural beauty and natural oddities... And since Darwin was here, a natural formation that looks like a flush, better get his name, isn't it? Logical? Let’s be honest: if nature had a sense of humor, Darwin’s Toilet would be the punchline. Landscape...
