I’m interested as to which of these activities you ended up doing? The only one I’ve read about in your posts that seems obvious is your search for the perfect hummus in the Middle East! Where’s your pick for the best hummus, by the way? My fave is a tie: at the palatial-looking (but surprisingly reasonably-priced) restaurant ‘Abd El Wahab’ in Beirut, and at a little local eatery near the mosque in Al-Hatab Square in Al-Jdeida in Aleppo.

Azerbaijan is high on my list, too: simply for the fact that I don’t know much about this country at all (so I’m craving to learn!), and I got a taste of the wonderful Azari people when I travelled in NW Iran, where they predominate. Also, was there any specific connection as to why you want(ed) to particularly taste ice-cream in every town in Azerbaijan? I just don’t see how ice-cream and Azerbaijan relate! But good luck in eventually getting to Azerbaijan one day, man…I expect it’s easier for Americans to get a visa for it than for Iran!

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Keep me posted on your plans! And take me with you!

I’m stealing your idea of taking a canoe along the Brazilian coast. Or just taking a canoe anywhere. That’s an awesome idea.

We would start in Ecuador at the Rio Napo and take it all the way to Peru in which it turns into the Amazon River. From there we would cross Peru until we come to the 3 corners of Colombia, Peru and Brazil. Then sail all across Brazil in the thick of the Amazon until we reach the Atlantic Ocean.

Of course to make this authentic, we would build our own boat from local materials. When I say boat, I mean more like raft…but with creature-comforts too! By-the-way, we’d also have to dodge local tribes men who are pissed in the Ecuadorian side and have been know to have killed a few missionaries before. But I think we’ll be ok as we wouldn’t be walking around in the jungle trying to trump someone else’s God or anything…just sailing down the river and soaking it all up.

I figure this trip would take about 2-2 1/2 months. So it’s not a year project, would be super cheap compared to what you get (no $30,000 boats on this cruise) and you can honestly say you saw the Amazon afterwards.

If your in let me know and shoot me an email back at my website. I’m American who is living in Quito, Ecuador and will be here for some time unless something else appears to offer something better. http://www.foggodyssey.com/

PS Ultimo Guerrero (the wrestler’s mask that you are wearing) should be your sponsor hehehe.