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We spent a long night squatting the bus terminal under a pounding rain in Pousadas, Argentina. I got this poem out of the experience: Glass room, waiting room, last room of the night We’re all here, The Nighttime Squatters, and we’re doin’ all right. Singers, preachers, vagabonds Lonely...

If you can speak Spanish already, you'll have a much easier time in Brazil 'cause they'll more or less understand you. Still, here are some phrases and words I've found useful... Arranjar -- (verb): to hook up with, without the recipiant paying anything. Ex. E aí meu irmão, da pra me arranjar...

A dozen bottles of wine and a hundred cigarettes later..... http://hitchtheworld.com/2014/10/30/sixty-days-of-past-and-present-part-1/

The view from Queen Mary's peak on the isolated island of Tristan da Cunha. A stay on Tristan da Cunha is not your typical island vacation. There are no restaurants. There are no hotels. Credit cards are not accepted, the beaches aren't safe for swimming, and every month brings between 17 and 26...

View from Barcelos today, down to my faithful little boat :D

I wrote this about three years ago. Belém will always be pretty fond memories for me even though most people find it to be kind of a shithole. Life is what you make of it, and so are places. December, 2011 I used to play a computer game that I got out of a Mini-Wheats box about twelve years...

This is an old video from...2012? One of the only ones I've ever made. My buddy filmed it with his phone on his farm off the Trans-Amazonain Highway. We were reaaaally stoned :D www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1rG98n54hg (Having trouble embedding this...YouTube is blocked here for bandwidth reasons :/ )

Rio Deméni, Barcelos, Amazonas (2013) Rio Negro, Novo Airão, Amazonas (2013) Rio Negro, Barcelos, Amazonas (2014) Rio Aracá, Barcelos, Amazonas (2013) Rio Amazonas, Parintins, Amazonas (2012) Rio Mauwe-Açú, Maués, Amazonas (2013) Rio Amazonas, Santarém, Pará (2012) Dad taking care...

So I've been doing this canoeing bit down here for a few years now. I've got some home bases (right now, Barcelos, AM) but am always moving around. Really I think I'm gonna hit the river for a long stretch pretty soon (maybe for like four months). I had someone coming for a loong trip this...

So here's a quick run-down on what I have learned living on the streets and river banks of Brazil for three years. In case anybody's interested. I. Hitchhiking Easy anywhere north of Brasília. Once you cross the imaginary line somewhere near Goiânia and set your sights on São Paulo or Rio...

Hey fellas. I've been meaning to join Squattheplanet for like, 4 years now. I just kinda remembered about it randomly a second ago so here I am. I'm Pat, from Texas, and I bum around mostly Brazil these days. Sometimes the streets, sometimes the interior. If anybody is heading down here or is...