A very stylish historic fire hydrant in the old French Concession of Shanghai. They don't make 'em like this anymore.
Sun-Ling and John have been traveling the earth since 2008 while blogging, eating vegetarian and vegan, and riding public transportation. We love uphill day hikes, 20th-century architecture, Roman ruins, all bodies of water, local markets, shopping for groceries, aqueducts, miradors, trip planning, blablacar, and more.
Search This Blog
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)
Most Recent Post
Brazil: Petropolis
From Rio we started heading north, first to Petropolis, ~60km in the hills and 850 m.a.s.l). It is a planned city commissioned by King Dom P...
Most Popular Posts of Last 30 Days
-
From Paramaribo we headed to the Northern Pantanal Wetlands, at the top of our Brazil itinerary, a place that wasn't even on our radar b...
-
From the Pantanal, we flew to our other major destination, Iguazu Falls. We spent the first day visiting the falls from the Brazil side, and...
-
John says: The Pantanal Boat Tour from Porto Jofre exceeded our expectations and deserves its own post. We pushed off from the dock at 7:15 ...
-
From Asuncion we headed back to Brazil. After a direct flight to Sao Paulo, we took a bus from the airport to the coast, to the town of Cara...
-
We had a mixed visit to Rio. Rio de Janeiro is one of the top destinations for the whole continent of South America. We waited this long to...
-
From Iguazu Falls, we stayed on the Argentina side to visit the ruins of a Jesuit mission at San Ignacio Mini, then crossed over to Paraguay...
-
We spent a drizzly day walking around Rio downtown. It was immediately obvious that in recent centuries Brazil had been very wealthy. Money ...