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Continue reading →: Destino AwesomenessAfter being sort of stuck in Bahia for more than half a year, I was suddenly going to Buenos Aires for several days. I quit teaching. Suddenly, life became so much more exciting. Absolutely unexpectedly, I became a part of HBO Brazil mini TV series produced by one of Brazil’s…
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Continue reading →: Chapada Diamantina Series No. 3: Donkeys, Cardio, More Cardio“Follow the donkey shit!” was a piece of advice Luca was given by his friend who had been to Chapada before. And, no joke, a great piece of advice it was. We realised it was a great piece of advice on our second day of hiking, after having passed the…
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Continue reading →: Chapada Diamantina Series No. 2: Into the Wild (Minus the Ending)
We didn’t realise it then, but on our second day in Chapada we committed probably the greatest error a hiker can commit: we started our trail extremely late. In addition to having woken up late, we somehow thought that, for example, getting ice cream (that wasn’t even good!) should be…
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Continue reading →: Chapada Diamantina Series No. 1: “Life is a Journey, Not a Destination”
“According to Hitchwiki, you can catch a truck from the port area”, my friend told me as we met in the morning of one of Semana Santa days, both with rather heavy backpacks, ready to start our adventure. Destination: Chapada Diamantina, the most famous national park in Bahia (a state…
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Continue reading →: Festival Internacional de Artistas de Rua
I remember the feeling I had when I just arrived in Salvador: my suitcase wheels were making that loud (travel) noise as I was trying to find my way to my hostel using highly uneven – and at times non-existent – sidewalks, all sweating elbowing my way down through what…
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Continue reading →: The normality and commonness of a quarter-life crisis
I think, by accident, I might forever associate this post with Michael Jackson. You see, I started writing it at an airport in Frankfurt, where, inadequately dressed, I was sort of on my way home from Salvador. I was at a coffee shop that, for some reason, played Jackson’s hits…
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Continue reading →: How I Proudly Participated in Salvador Pride
“This is the music they usually play at gay clubs,” my new friend told me while we were passing, in a bouncy, dance-like way, several platforms. “OR…Well, it’s simply what many clubs in Europe play,” I said as we continued our dancing and made our way to one of those…
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Continue reading →: Another Leap (this time to the South)
For a second, Frankfurt looked like Bangkok: grey tallish buildings with a lot of trees in between them. It instantly took me back to 2011 – I remembered looking through the windows of the BKK skytrain on my way from the airport with awe, not being able to realise that…
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Continue reading →: Exploring Lithuania©
“On one hand, I understand that you’re here and seeing you on this bus does feel natural somehow, but on the other hand, it all feels so surreal!” – I was telling my good college friend who came to visit me in Lithuania this August. We were on our way…
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Continue reading →: France (Nice): Fake Arrogance of a Fake Local
After I said goodbye to my sister, I did what I‘ve been successfully doing for years now: I was slowly going home, as I like to call it. In this case, going back to Lithuania from Ireland happened to be through Nice and then a bit of Italy. This route…
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