One week to go...

With just one week to go before we depart, our group is making final preparations. The video is done, the visas and passports are ready, the shots and medications are taken care of, our Portuguese is improving, and now the packing can begin. Estamos prontos!

Here's an introduction to our group:

JOHN, team leader
commercial real estate broker




EVERETT
property acquisition coordinator




ALISON
photographer and art teacher




ALTON
computer administrator for public libraries




JENNY
Savannah city administrator





The trip will take us across northern Brazil from Rio Branco to Porto Velho to Manaus to Belem. We are looking forward to learning a lot about Brazilian culture, history, and language. We will do our best to update this blog daily in order to share our adventures and discoveries with you. Atelogo!