A presentation of homelanddrifter.com, © (2003-2005). Photographic documents from life on the Bad F*cker highway.
Porto Allegre, Brasil
Landscape en route to Porto Allegre, somewhere in Rio Grande do Sul.
The bridge, or what's left of it, that collapsed in front of our bus, stalling us on the highway for 7 hours.
German activists from Frankfurt, waiting for something to happen while we are parked on the highway.
The scene at the little cluster of organic food stalls near where I was camping on the WSF grounds.
Street scene at the Forum.
One of the huge WSF banners displayed along the waterfront location of the Forum.
Banner indicating nearby free internet kiosk. There were a dozen or so of these little kiosks, and the lines were usually reasonable.
Two Brazilian filmmakers (can't remember their names) who interviewed me for a documentary they are making on the subject of feminism.
Some drummers in front of an Amnesty International banner
Part of the tons of paper trash everywhere at the Forum.
Whatever the shortcomings of the Left may be, we certainly thrive at interviewing, filming and photographing everything in sight.
Part of the sizable contingent of Latin American hippies present at the Forum. This element gave parts of the Youth Camp the look and feel more of Burning Man than of the WSF.
Floating World, 2005.
Some Americans (Daisy, Molly, and Thea) I met and their Brazilian friend Marcello.
One of many dance and drum performances.
A Greenpeace balloon, still afloat despite the best efforts of French intelligence servives.
A procession near the field by the park ampitheater.
A member of a dance/drum ensemble.
Brazilian hip hop act in the Youth Camp.
A group of Korean activists, some of whom I recognized from Mumbai. They were back this year louder and more radical than ever. The Koreans rock.
An Afro-Brazilian drumming procession.
Map of the WSF.
View of downtown Porto Alegre from the WSF location on the waterfront.
Millenium Campaign banner.
Drum corp on the beach at sunset.
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