ThelongGringo

21/09/2026

https://thelonggringo.com/a-rio-farewell-julies-last-day-in-brazil/

A quiet farewell on a Sunday in Rio: last hours with Julie before her flight to England, a birthday party in Lapa, and the ache of a long-distance goodbye.

16/09/2026

https://thelonggringo.com/vote-feed-reckoning-with-35-years-in-brazil/

Journaled on Thursday, 21st of November 2024 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 27 degrees, hot, overcast, and rainy. Today, everything is officially back to normal. After the G20 summit and yesterday's bank holiday, Black Awareness Day, the workweek starts on Thursday instead of Monday, which....

14/09/2026

https://thelonggringo.com/two-sweaters-and-a-silent-phone-in-rio/

Journalled on Friday, 24th of July 2026 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 21 degrees, warm, overcast and rainy. I have just received a message from Julie in England telling me that my mother is not 100%, and that she has received a letter carrying not very good news. The rain outside seems to....

11/09/2026

https://thelonggringo.com/let-go-forty-years-in-brazil/

Journalled on Thursday, 27th of March 2025 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 28 degrees, hot, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Thursday, and I am trying to let go. Let go! How can two little words carry so much weight? Not taking everything so seriously. Going with the flow. Not needing to c...

08/09/2026

https://thelonggringo.com/opening-a-company-a-day-with-my-accountant/

Journalled on Wednesday, 28th of August 2024 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 23 degrees, warm, sunny and slightly overcast. My meeting with Fernando, my accountant, was originally scheduled for 3 p.m., but last night he asked me to move it up to 9 a.m. It's funny how things fall into place.....

04/09/2026

https://thelonggringo.com/blue-skies-buried-guilt-a-sunday-in-santo-cristo/

Journalled on Sunday, 27th of July 2025 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 26 degrees, hot, sunny and perfect blue sky. It is Sunday, and Yasmin is still with me. She will head back to her mother's this afternoon, then come stay again later in the week. Yesterday we had lunch at a small Journal...

02/09/2026

https://thelonggringo.com/turning-60-in-rio-family-loss-and-home/

01/09/2026

https://thelonggringo.com/no-half-arsing-it-a-rio-monday-a-0-beer-hangover-and-the-rule-that-runs-through-everything/

Journalled on Monday, 1st of December 2025 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 26°C, hot, sunny and slightly overcast. It's Monday, the first day of December, and this year has flown by, taking time, and a piece of my life, with it. I'm feeling slow today. My body aches and creaks, probably fro...

29/08/2026

https://thelonggringo.com/rain-rio-and-the-buzz-of-connecting-people/

A rainy week in Rio brings welcome relief from the summer heat and a story about the simple buzz of connecting people who need each other.

26/08/2026

https://thelonggringo.com/swimming-skipping-and-the-choices-we-make/

Journalled on Friday, 20th of February 2026 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 30 degrees, hot, sunny and slightly overcast. It is Friday, exactly one week since my tooth extraction, and today I take the last of the medicine. Carnival has filled Rio’s streets, but my week has been much quiete...