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Carnival in Ouro Preto

Published on February 22, 2020.

Photo by Raniere Silva.

Ouro Preto is famous for their carnival. Since I’m living here, I wanted to go and see a little of the party.

Photo of stage
Main stage. Photo by Raniere Silva.

I arrived very earlier and the street were, except for the traders, empty.

One of the groups that participated on 21 February was “O Zé Pereira dos Lacaios”, the oldest group in Brazil, that was created in 1867.

Photo of O Zé Pereira dos Lacaios
O Zé Pereira dos Lacaios. Photo by Raniere Silva.

Another group that participated was Gatas e Gatões.

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Starting a master

Published on February 21, 2020.

Photo by Roman Mager.

In 2000, I moved to Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. After my round the world trip in 2019, I decided to move in 2020 to Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil and start a master at the Federal University of Ouro Preto. It is fun how life goes around.

Recuperando Senha da Plataforma Lattes

Published on February 20, 2020.

Photo by Shane Avery.

A Plataforma Lattes é um sistema de currículos virtual criado e mantido pelo Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). Ela é usada amplamente no meio acadêmico brasileiro nos processos de seleção. Eu tinha meu email acadêmico cadastrado na plataforma e esse email foi descontinuado quando terminei a graduação. A senha estava salva em uma máquina antiga e a função de recuperacão de senha não funcionava porque o email era enviado para um endereço que não existia.

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João Pessoa

Published on January 27, 2020.

Photo by Raniere Silva.

I visited João Pessoa and I like the city, at least Manaíra where I stayed. You have a good number of restaurants nearby and Beach Road isn’t crowded.

Photo of Ponta do Seixas
Ponta do Seixas. Photo by Raniere Silva.

I also went to Ponta do Seixas, the easternmost point of the American continents.

Brisbane

Published on June 6, 2019.

Photo by Raniere Silva.

My first time in Australia started in Brisbane.

Photo of Owl
Owl from Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary after show. Photo by Raniere Silva.
Photo of Brisbane from river
Brisbane has ferry as part of public transport network. Photo by Raniere Silva.
Climber
One rount from Kangaroo Point. Photo by Raniere Silva.

Full discloser: I’m not the climber in the previous photo. My friend Aleksandra tried very hard to motivate me to climb but the rountes were very hard.

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