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The wanderlust syndrome

Humans are one of the few species in the planet that get to live up to 80 years or 90, if they're extremely lucky. In this new period of evolution, humans do not require to migrate during the seasons. However, for some humans, this primitive instinte has not faded away throughtout the centuries. Some of us spend most of life craving adventure, craving the need to leave our nests and feeling with our own senses the places that most only get to see on pictures.  This rare trait has been named by experts and the people alike as The wanderlust.  The wanderlusters like myself constantly find themselves looking out of the window thinking of the next destination, thinking of that place that will finally satisfy this thrist that only exist in our hearts. We are usually not happy at come, we don't settle for content. Wanderlusters use the tools this new century has granted us to leave home in our twenties only to come back when rest is needed or we need time to plan our next adven...

Rio and the carnaval. A guide to survive it.

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Yeah, you need to know how to survive it, 'cause sadly when something is really good, it's generally the nest of evil as well.  Rio de Janeiro is famous for its carnaval and honestly, not until ou truly see it and experience it, you don't understand what the real deal is about. For starters, Rio de Janeiro is very beachy, tourist city by the ocean, the moment you arrive to its airport IN the city itself, you understand there's something different about it. From your plane you can see Cristo and the Atlantic Ocean, some of the tropical forest and the mess the city truly is. I was lucky enough to arrive the second day of carnaval, when the streets of the city are useless 'cause of the streets are flooded by the Blocos  and no one, but taxi drivers, is working. I learned within minutes that not all the metro stations were working, and by metro stations I mean the only two lines the cities have that happen to be parallel to each other. By the time I managed to walk...