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Mount Revelstoke National Park offers a rare alpine escape where winding roads lead to breathtaking heights without the gruelling climb. From wildflower meadows to bear country wisdom, our journey reveals both the park's stunning beauty and essential lessons for safe mountain exploration.
Around 1,900 meters above sea level, the noise of everyday life slips away, replaced by crisp alpine air and sweeping mountain views. At the summit of Mount Revelstoke, reached via the Meadows in the Sky Parkway, I stood surrounded by dense stands of evergreen trees stretching into the horizon. The landscape was dotted with hardy wildflowers and alpine shrubs, and the only sounds came from the breeze moving through the trees and the distant cry of a Clark's nutcracker. It was a place that invited you to stop, take it all in, and just be still.
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One of the things I most looked forward to when visiting Brazil's northern city of Manaus, known as the Gateway to the Amazon Rainforest, was the opportunity to visit some of the aboriginal people living in the Amazon. The opportunity came when we sailed along the Rio Negro river towards a riverside village inhabited by the Tuyuca (Tuyaka) people. They also call themselves Dojkapuara or Utapinõmakãphõná. Their population is concentrated in Brazil and Colombia. Tuyuca is spoken by 500 to 1,000 people in these two South American countries.
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Experiencing the Rio De Janeiro Carnaval has been a big item on my bucket list for a long time. I had the opportunity to make this dream a reality in 2020. The world-famous extravaganza is considered the biggest carnival in the world — bringing around 2 million people per day on the streets of Rio de Janeiro.
Carnaval begins on the Friday preceding Lent and ends on Ash Wednesday. But the Winner's Parade takes place on the Saturday after the carnival ends.
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As part of my first trip to Brazil this summer, the city of Salvador de Bahia was high on my list . Known as the centre of Afro-Brazilian culture, I was eager to see for my self the beautiful colonial buildings, taste the cuisine, and experience sights and sounds of live capoeira dancers in the streets.
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Expat and digital maven with a passion for telling stories in words & images. Lived & worked in four continents.
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