2.2 reais to the dollar!

Well, in the middle of the total economic collapse, the meltdown of the modern world, the Apocalypse and the End of Days, there's one lovely ray of sunshine for American samba addicts: the Brazilian real has been hit so hard by the economic chaos that the dollar has actually shot up against it:



See, it's bounced back from its appalling historic low of 1.5 reais to the dollar, all the way back up to 2.2! That's just where it was when I did my first big Brazilian trip three years ago!

And check out the dollar against the euro:




And the British pound:



Brazil and Bloco X, here I come!* Assuming the entire world doesn't go up in flames next week.

* the only minor problem being that the airfare will cost probably $8000 by next summer. Well, I've always wanted to do the overland trip to Brazil anyway. Via burro through Mexico, layovers in Costa Rica and Peru...