Nine Months

There's a lot that I want to accomplish in the next nine months. After that it'll be too late to ....

The A List

- Trek to Serra da Capivara, an archeological site of waaaaay in the interior of the state of Piaui (distance from Recife: FAR!) which boasts cave paintings between 2,000 and 25,000 years old;

- Relax at Praia da Pipa, a fabled beach in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. It's only four hours from Recife by car - why I haven't made it there yet is anyone's guess!

- Snorkle in the waters of Fernando de Noronha again;

- Sip one more espresso under the ginormous fig tree at Figueira Rubaiyat in Sao Paulo;

- Finally learn how to dance Frevo;

- Eat ridiculous amounts of macaxeira frita - fried manioc; and

The (High) B (Almost A) List

- Trek through the Chapada Diamantina in the State of Bahia;

- Visit Salvador one more time;

- Dance with the bumbas of Maranhao one more time....

Because you see, in just less than nine months, these guys will be knocking on my door, bundling me and my stuff up, and shipping us back to the homeland. Hard to believe that my three years are almost up. Better get cracking on that list!