Your posts are very good reading,

Would love to hear more in depth posts and maybe some pics.

I have the opportunity to visit Uruguay via BA next year as my friend will be going back, if i go i'd love to visit the Santa Catarina/Parana/Rio Grande Sul region while i'm near.

Aahhh makes sense now. All Commy's stick together.

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Yeah, I guess. Supposedly Vietnamese in Cuba live quite well and are treated well by the Cubans. Remember that famous napalm victim (ie. the naked and burned Vietnamese girl who was mistakenly fire-bombed)?

She later became a pharmacologist in Havana.

I suppose you're talking about Phan Thi Kim Phuc ? Looks like she didn't enjoy Cuba that much because she later asked for political asylum in Canada with her husband.

see :Phan Thị Kim Phúc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ohh.. How did i miss this post.Thanks for sharing the experience.
I am heading to somewhere in South America
between February and March.
I still haven't decided where to go but debating
between Argentina,Chile and Peru.
I am mostly interested in great scenery,old architecture
and interesting places mainly because i am very big into photography.
May be you can give me some pointer on the interesting location
and rough idea on how to get around in 2 weeks of my stay.

>SIGH<

Sometimes, I shake my head at requests like this. There are very few true "men" around anymore... and if there's one thing I can't stand, it's to hand hold. But, I'll tell you what.

I'm sure you live around a local library. Start there. Patronize it. Read their books. Read National Geographic.

Then go rent "The Motorcycle Diaries". I saw that movie at the behest of an argentinean woman, who after hearing my story, insisted that I watch it, while I was stuck in Maringa, Brazil. Much of what happened in the movie, happened to me, albeit I was on a bicycle. Another thing. Pay close attention to the people. Geography is all about the relationship of the people to the land, and how it shapes their beliefs, their ideas, their cultures, and their being. For you to go anywhere, and not pay attention to the people, is criminal. Far too many travelers do this, which is the other reason why I don't like requests for "Oh, where is a good place to go". Without the people, those landscapes and buildings, places and scenes are just dead things.

And by the way, you will learn about injustice in the movie.

I saw injustice with my own eyes. Again, to ignore this, is criminal. You can listen to some bland tourists suggestions, fly to where ever, take your photos, and ignore the blatant injustices in front of you. You can hide from it, but your conscious, your soul can't. And this, again, is why I refrain from making suggestions of where to go, and what to see. I don't hide from this world. I accept it in totality. Unfortunately, a lot of people on this board choose to hide from the cold, harsh, and stark beauty of this world, and prefer that others form their opinions for them.

I don't do that. You're a grownup. You know where to go.

"Your mind's pictures of today are tomorrows reality."

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good post, but the ratio thing bout brazil is a myth