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hey jill. Thought you might like my very brief impressions after a very brief trip to BsAs

http://www.matadortravel.com/traveler/connergo/blog/nine-things-i-learned-19-days-buenos-aires

Thanks for the request. How much longer do you have in Latin America and where are you going? I recently got back from just a month in Peru and Bolivia, wishing I was still there! Hope you're having a great time in Columbia!

Hmm.

What I know is mostly business-related. There's a place there called Zona Franca de Manaus where goods are produced with lower taxes -- mostly TVs and motorcycles. Japanese companies have been there for a while, and recently they were expanding the business but things got paused due to the crisis. Korean companies arrived there in the 1990's, I think.

Tourism stuff... Manaus and Belem were cities developed during the Rubber Economic Cycle of the early 20th Century, there are some historical buildings in the city from that period. That's a possible angle for you.

I think you could write a little something about moto-taxis (yup, taxis on motorcycles).

The lack of information could give you another little blurb -- "Do people in the Amazon walk around like Tarzan, using a liana as transportation? Are there monkeys in the streets?" etc etc.

And "monkeys on the streets" just reminded me of that Blame it on Lisa, an episode from the Simpsons. VERY funny, too sad the mayor from Rio at the time had no sense of humor.

I'm just being wordy now. :-) Feel free to reach me through email if you want to discuss details of your story: diogoslima at gmail.

Hey Jill,

Thanks for reaching out. Feel free to ask me stuff about Brazil anytime, I'd love to help. BTW, when did you live in BsAs?

Thanks Jill!

How is everything on your end?

Awesome posts Jill, glad to have you on TBEX!