I knew I’d spend my birthday in Metz, the capital of Lorraine, when I organized my press trip. I knew I would be away from family and friends with only Twitter and Facebook to keep me company. I knew that Metz would join the dubious company of Athens, London, San Francisco, Paris,Vienna, Zurich, St Ives, […]
Photo Essay: Brazilians
As you may have heard many times, much of the joy of travelling in Brazil is meeting the Brazilians. As I say in my book: Brazil’s strength lies in its people and not in institutions that have been imposed, modified and mutated over the centuries to serve an elite; the ruling classes have failed the […]
Surf’s Up in Guarujá
Guarujá is to São Paulo what Brighton is to London. Except for the descent from the Paulista plateau to the coast – in one of the busiest highways in the world as the products of the Industria Brasileira from the country’s largest town by lorry to the busiest port of the continent, Santos – this […]