Monthly Archives: September 2010

If the project managers and their political masters who executed the Commonwealth Games in Delhi’s projects existed in Nazi Germany, they would be summarily shot. Just yesterday, I was watching a program on Hitler’s Germany on the History channel. Whatever … Continue reading →

Football is called futebol here, except that Gremio, one of the local clubs calls it foot-ball. They have not been doing well this season, and ticket prices were pretty reasonable for a game as a result. They were playing Palmeiras, … Continue reading →

The taxi drivers in Brazil, especially in Porto Alegre, seem really nice people. They never accept a centavo more than what the meter displays, and in most cases always return more change than is required. Example  If the meter says … Continue reading →

The second part of the vacation was in Salvador itself, and we reached the city by ferry this time, which proved to be a big mistake. Though the ocean looked calm, the journey was pretty awful and ended up with … Continue reading →

Morro is on Ilha Tinhare, about 65 km south of Salvador. Getting there from Porto Alegre takes a long time. We took a taxi at 5:30 am for the 7 am flight that stopped over at Rio. The nice part … Continue reading →