annika hagen

here's a valuable little tip when traveling to brazil, eat a handsome breakfast, then a lot of meat for lunch but ease up in the evening with a light dinner. this will keep your systems a go. hygiene is important in Brazil, heck they invented the brazillian! so go ahead, use the bidê (french sp, bide in portuguese). this practice keeps one feeling fresh all day. and in the absense of a bide, just use the hose next to the can on the wall. you'll be feeling so fresh and so clean you'll want everyone to know things are A- OK!.... just don't use the north american hand gesture for OK.... it means something completely different; you'll conjure an image in the other persons head that's pretty dirty.. (though, if attended to properly as per above directions, it should be pretty clean).