A blog?

I can't say I've ever done this before... so we'll see what comes of it.

I will be traveling through Brazil, Chile and Argentina from today until about march. The purpose of this trip is to visit family and friends scattered around but mostly concentrated in central and southern Chile. My other strong interest is in the urban geographies of major south american cities and to have some good times along the way.

Some South American cities are huge. Saõ Paulo, Brazil, is the world's 5th largest urban agglomeration, with a population of 18.8 million. These cities are fascinating, with little known modern architecture, complex transportation networks, infrastructures and environment strained by population growth and poor planning, and extremely visible segregation of wealth. This is a photo of the edge of the Paraisópolis favela in the Morumbi district of Saõ Paulo.