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Big Sur is a section of the Californian coast, often said to be one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world. We left the cozy town of Carmel early in the morning, leaving nothing but memories (and unfortunately a pair of sunglasses) in the sand.
It’s been some years, but it feels like I never left the streets of San Francisco. It all feels familiar. The smell of Chinatown, the loss of dollars at Amoeba Records and the questionable people in the streets of Haight-Ashbury.
For some reason, London has never really been one of my favorites. “Bad food, worse weather” as they once put it in the movie Snatch. But I cannot deny the allure of a sprawling urban area that has been an important location for thousands of years.
I was recently sitting in Terminal 2 at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, reading The Terminal Man, the tale about Merhan Karimi Nasseri who has been living in Terminal 1 of CDG for 16 years.
Apart from the obvious reference to the song by Lustans Lakejer, I found a lot of interesting things in Rio de Janeiro. Maybe the most striking was meeting Jesus on the top of Corcovado. The tall statue is towering above the city on top of a mountain with a marvelous view.
I crossed the white bridge and entered Paraty, a well-preserved Portuguese colonial town in Brazil’s Costa Verde area. The town was founded in 1597 and colonized a century later.
I used to place Egypt quite high on the paradox list, since the country has are a lot of signs reading “Egypt – the land of peace”, while a stern guard carrying an automatic weapon stands in front of the very sign.
The Iguazu falls are located along the Iguazu River, between the border of Brazil and Argentina. There are over 275 waterfalls at this beautiful site, spread along a three kilometer crescent which claims to be among the most dramatic waterfalls in the world.
We thanked our driver for the ride and got out of the car somewhere in São Paulo. After having a look at our paper map, we walked briskly in a random direction towards what we believed to be civilization.
Paris is one of the great cities on the planet. Even though I’ve been here before, there is always so much to do and experience. Revisit the classics or find new gems, the choice is yours.