Stupid rooster . . . Here I sit in the middle of Ubaúna,Brazil, in the middle of the desert, 5000 miles from home and 6 hours from civilization. Peace and quiet, right? Wrong! The stupid rooster can’t tell time! Three o’clock in the morning, three o’clock! The crazy bird starts crowing and crows every half hour until […]
Roosters can’t tell time
Stupid rooster . . . Here I sit in the middle of Ubaúna,Brazil, in the middle of the desert, 5000 miles from home and 6 hours from civilization. Peace and quiet, right? Wrong! The stupid rooster can’t tell time! Three o’clock in the morning, three o’clock! The crazy bird starts crowing and crows every half hour until […]
A Sunday drive
Ok, travelogue participants, today we leave the big city and head for the boonies. Car is packed, breakfast eaten, hotel bill paid. We leave Fortaleza on interstate BR222 heading west. As we leave the outskirts of Fortaleza we go though the town of Caucaia with the next stop being São Luis do Curu, 68 kilometers […]
Dead Day #2
800,000! That’s how many folks turned out to see the grave of a dead guy on Dead Day. Not just any dead guy, but perhaps THE dead guy in all of northeastern Brasil. Padre Cicero was his name. Champion of the poor while living, the focus of miraculous activity while dead. Interesting resumé. Interesting story […]
Black beans and pig tails
Gastronomically, the northeastern diet is quite interesting. Today we had “feijoada.” Yum, yum. Black beans, pig tails, pig feet, pig ears, sausage poured over rice and collards. Orange slices on the side, roasted cassava root in garlic and all the Guarana you can drink. Dang! It just doesn’t get much better than this! Feijoada is a […]