How do you recommend people go about working on a cargo ship to travel from Europe to South America, and can you describe that experience at all? (i.e. what's the work like etc.)

I've met people who did this through yacht work, but cargo sounds a little grittier and way better.

Thanks for the tip.

- JB

Awesome, thanks. How much Internet access do you have right now? If it's a lot, I can make you a template as a Google document showing the format of what I want in a surf-spot guide. That would save both of us time and energy. Otherwise, just follow these guidelines and hit me with a word doc. Let me know.

I'd like 2 kinds of guides - one could be a top ten under the radar surf spots in brazil and uruguay. Brief descriptions, one paragraphs for each spot. But it would also be rad if you picked 2 or 3 of the best of those spots listed in the top ten and did a detailed, specific guide - exactly why it's so cool, exactly how to get there.

800-1000 words for each type of guide.

Payment - we use PayPal exclusively. It's easy to make an account. Otherwise...well...you could come hang out in Punta del Diablo and I could get you $, or we could keep tabs of what's owed and get it to you when you're settled somewhere with a bank account that you can link to PayPal.

Hit me back -

TP

slow travel. way to go. did you pass through uruguay? i'm in punta del diablo now. welcome to matador - i'll look forward to your writing - want to do a "top 10 surf spots in Brazil" for Matador's new destination guide site? I can only pay $25, but would really appreciate the contribution.

-tim