Ok, the jet-setting life is great, but you must go back to the family and show face once in a while, especially when you're brother-in-law is taking the whole family to Catalina Island for New Years!

I had gotten back from a 6 week run through Argentina and Brazil on December 29, 2006, just in time to meet my Mom, step-dad, sis, bro-in-law and nephews for a tour to Catalina Island on their sport-fishingboat the Pacific Dawn.

Today could be the beginning of the end in Rio...for now. I gave this busy English school here in Rio a chance to give me enough work to support my efforts here in Rio de Janeiro, but they either don't like me or they don't like me, because they have plenty of business and they're not giving me any clients, I guess I'm not the admins pet.

Boa noite, as we say in Brazil. I'm on my way to join a Brazilian Olympic athlete for a bite to eat. Camila Carvalho is one of the six on the rowing team here in Brazil going to Beijing this weekend. Camila Carvalho & Luciana Granato are partners in the double skulls lightweight canoe.

I had the pleasure of going to see the team train up in Itatiaia a couple weeks ago.

To work or not to work?(in Paradise that is), is the question. Whenever you think about making a serious lifestyle change and moving to live in a Paradise, you normally think about all of the things that you want to do(or not do)in your "Dream place", not how hard you need to work once you get there, true? So here is the dilemma,...