I saw a natural Brazil today. No concrete. No steel. No cars. No buildings. No billboards. Just nature as far as the eye could see. Crystal clear and cool waterfalls. Lush vegetation enveloped us as we made our own path through the forests. I got to sit and reflect high atop a cliff rock facing, and the wonderful people of the school packed us a delicious picnic of chicken pie, sandwiches, sweet bread. It was a fabulous day immersed in Brazilian culture with my new friends.
This is the biggest bad a** driver there is when it comes to driving a school bus two hours up curvy mountain dirt roads--logging roads really, with cliffs on one side sometimes, jungle on either side most of the time. She is the WOMAN! She is also a gracious host. After our excursion to the top of Nova Campina, she invited us into her home for refreshments. This included wonderful Brazilian coffee, cassava, and homemade cheese.
I saw a natural Brazil today. No concrete. No steel. No cars. No buildings. No billboards. Just nature as far as the eye could see. Crystal clear and cool waterfalls. Lush vegetation enveloped us as we made our own path through the forests. I got to sit and reflect high atop a cliff rock facing, and the wonderful people of the school packed us a delicious picnic of chicken pie, sandwiches, sweet bread. It was a fabulous day immersed in Brazilian culture with my new friends.
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Jayme Holaway HicksMs. Hicks is a 12th grade Language Arts and Advanced Placement teacher at Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee, Georgia. Archives
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