I’m back!!  Well, back to the English speaking world at least.  My goodness, what an experience it was travelling through Latin America.  W...

I am a foreigner.  I know I am a foreigner, but I still find it slightly annoying when I am in a restaurant and the staff assumes that I onl...

Upon finding that I was in Sao Paulo, my friend who worked here as a management consultant for 6 months recommended that I “must try Figueir...

Raizes was another recommendation.  Whilst food courts might espouse a feeling of disgust in us foodie Melbournites, the shopping centre foo...

In the heart of Pelourinho, Ramma is where my hostel owner said I would be based upon hearing that I was vegetarian.  Whilst not wholly meat...

I have been so lucky on this trip. Well, I was robbed. But apart from that, my trip so far has been filled with amazing experiences.  I hav...

It was late.  We were hungry.  All the restaurants seemed to have huge queues or were closed for carnival.  In this state we found ourselves...

When I am travelling, pizza and phad thai I miss the most.  We are so lucky to have so much variety in good food in Melbourne, it is sometim...

Overlooking the sunny pier and sea, I was sitting at the table with the best view at Solar café in the Modern Art Museum. The waitress was...

So here I was, sitting in this very hard to find restaurant,  Paraíso Tropical.  By chance I got off at exactly the right bus stop and it wa...

Rio is a beautiful city.  As a traveler, I find myself overwhelmed by its spectacles and interested in its intense culture, which I am tryi...

The standard of Rio's food is really qualified when you see a queue an hour long for a juice and toasted sandwich bar.  Juice bars are p...

As well as the group I was travelling with being vegetarian, the lady at the first hostel which I stayed was vegetarian too.  She recommend ...

The Vegetriano Social Clube is a haven amongst the bars of Rua Conde Bernadote - as my vegetarian friend and previous Rio dweller commented...

"We had great pizza last night from a place that Carioca's go to."  This was my friend's description to me before dinner a...

My first night in Rio, I found myself at New Natural with a group of vegetarian dancers from Melbourne.  It is funny when you have to be in ...