

Border, Venezuela
Comfort found in the unlikeness of places:
As I was leaving Carnival in Rio, I knew I had to buckle down and make up time traveling.In order to accomplish this, I bypassed the 53 hour bus ride and bought a plane ticket from Rio to the jungle capital Manaus in the heart of the Amazon.This was not because I did not want to endure another knee-bucking trip rather working on my tan while sipping cocktails on Brasil beaches put me in a pinch for time.In addition, I...