Saturday afternoon I accompanied a few people in a small 6-seater dual prop airplane to fly from Sobral down to Juazeiro do Norte and back. Juazeiro do Norte Is the second largest city in the northeastern state of Ceará. By car the trip takes about 8 hours, but flying direct took only just over a …
Photo of the Week 2014 #26
The 18th Festival de Quadrilhas Juninas de Sobral was a wonderful display of color and culture as 17 groups from all over the region came with their costumes. The festival was sponsored by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Sobral and was without a doubt a success with an estimated 15,000 spectators in attendance over …
Photo of the Week 2014 #25
Tuesday was Brazil's second game during the 2014 World Cup where they faced off against Mexico. São João park in the center of town, that normally holds the weekly arts and crafts market, has been decorated in all the patriotic flare. 2 large-scale LED TVs are set up on each end of the street with a …
Photo of the Week 2014 #24
Yesterday the World Cup 2014 started with Brazil facing off against Croatia. I watched each half of the game in a different place, spending time with different people here in the city of Sobral. It was very fun to watch the game surrounded with such enthusiastic people. There was excitement with each shot, foul or …
Photo of the Week 2014 #12
President Dilma Rousseff was here in sobral this week on São José day to announce the investment in the region of R$ 300,000,000 (Three Hundred Million Reis). The money is to build cisterns and reinforce water supplies, water sanitation projects, combat hunger in municipalities in Ceará, and to also the development of sustainable family farming …
