The Brazilian Bureaucracy Behemoth

Batman mural in Vila Madalena

While sitting in a restaurant in our first few weeks we met the owner who was originally from Mexico. He had spent a lot of time in China and India before coming to Brazil. Being Mexican but having experienced China and India he thought he knew everything there was to know about bureaucracy…. until he came to Brazil. We thought the visa process was pretty tough but that was only a taster for what was yet to come.

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Nell, 23rd April 2010 – 9th Feb 2024. A good dog.

Nell was born on April 23rd, 2010, in the county of Essex and shared her birthday with Shakespeare. Little is known of her parentage or siblings but, judging by a DNA test done in later life, it is unlikely that either parent were anything but mixed breeds themselves. The DNA test showed the following results: American Bulldog (expected) 38%, American Staffordshire Terrier (no surprise) 25%, Boston Terrier (unexpected) 12%, Border Collie (very unexpected) 12.5% leaving the remaining 12.5% as ‘other’.

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Mole Magic

Enough with the depressing dog drama, on to our first week long vacation in Ghana! When I last wrote, I talked about our upcoming trip to Mole National Park, Ghana’s biggest and most well-know park. Everyone who works here goes to Mole eventually as it’s the only place to go to see elephants. Elephants are arguably the most exciting big animal that Ghana has, as it doesn’t really have other big game.

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