What could be more appropriate to finish this Asian-inspired day than eating Chichen Tikka Masala? With the stuff I brought from Britain from my friend Shree, I ensured that the people who tasted it really enjoyed the meal. You will notice my Brazilian touch to it, the bottle of Guaraná soft drink right beside my plate! 
Again Stupas, this time the portrayed individuals are my friends Bruno and Jeremias, faithful pals from school time! Also there is a couple of nice brazilian girls on the background, not bad, the people who went to the temple were nice!
These structures behind me are Stupas, monuments containing relics from ancient buddhas, again, right beside the temple in Três Coroas.
The mountains around the temple in três coroas. This is another example of an inspiring scenery. Beside me, my friend Jeremias.
Another surreal picture from the temple in Três Coroas, a set of ever-spinning prayer wheels. I spun the manual ones as well, so I should have accumulated many mertis.
If you guessed any place in Asia, you missed it by a longshot. I myself was mesmerized to encounter this place 90Km away from my home city in Brazil. This temple is in Três Coroas, and it was build there by Chagdug Tulku Rinpoche, who brought with him loads of stuff from Tibet after China went for them in 59.
But this one is most definitely not a Dead Parrot! On the other hand, this parrot does not fare as well.
Behind me (and all around me really) stands the home of my mother's family. It is a gorgeous place, with very nice scenery. This sunset is also ass kicking material. On a side note (compltetely useless, I guess), stand some Araucaria Pine Trees.
There you have a nice scene from my italo-germanic family. The occasion is the joint birthday for my mother and my uncle, strangely enough, both of them have been occluded in this picture. But the nice family gathering still stands. Awesome food, by the way.
A view from the town of Constantina in my homestate. Very tiny place, but the landscapes are very nice, at least I like the calm you get in these towns.
Como fica evidente nesta foto, eu não tenho a mínima habilidade com crianças. Em compensação, a filha da minha estimada prima Juliana é uma graça e compensa a minha aparência de quebrar espelhos :-D.
My final photograph for the day, my home city of Porto Alegre seen from across the Guaíba lake (or river if you listen to the local folk). Here you can see the buildings in the city centre, as well as some of the TV towers on the surrounding hills. The waters around the city are dotted with islands, some of which are very nice places to see the local fauna and flora, if you don't mind the mildly polluted water, that is...
Another delightful moment, to be able to drive again, free to go wherever I please. Nothing against unilink, but I do enjoy the freedom of my own car.
Another nice landscape in my home state. This one shows a Soybean farm in the distance. The color of the crops right before harvest is very nice.
A rather bizarre way of celebrating a wedding, including some weird accessories. It was fun though.
My social agenda upon arrival was considerably busy, but I most definitely cannot complain! This week I went to the birthday of that gorgeous woman you can see beside me (I claim bragging rights, yeah!). She is my long time buddy from undergrad school and meeting her again was wicked! Still got a lot of catching up to do with my friends over here.
So, my first (and much expected) contact with a nice Picanha steak, cooked masterfully by me (if I can say so myself) was just as anticipated. You can see the result of my cooking right in front of you. My vegetarian friends will have to excuse me, but this kind of meal will always prevent me from seriously considering become a vegetarian myself.
Today is an awesome day in Porto Alegre, and I am back to my home town after seven months of absence! Though I feared that I would hve forgotten how to drive an automobile (especially considering that I just came from Britain, where people do not drive on the right side of the street). Everything is fine though, and I am ready to keep on driving.
Finally, I'm returning to my motherland, after seven months away from home! Hopefully the good things remained the same! I'm probably posting more from there, as kind of a tourist in my own country :-).
