The GOGO Journal

Field notes, photographs, and reports from our ongoing exploration of Brazil’s Serra do Espinhaço

Field Trip no. 13

July 2026

Field notes and photographs from five weeks on the road and trail, including an 11-day trek with a pair of intrepid teenagers (our sons).

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The Great 2026
Winter Festa Tour

June 2026

Field notes and photographs from a season of non-stop celebration in the Espinhaço backcountry.

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Travels
with Ade

April 2026

15 wildly fun and unpredictable days across the Espinhaço with Valencian free spirit Adelaida.

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Marcos and Paul taking a break during a hike in São Gonçalo do Rio das Pedras, Minas Gerais

An Expedition
with Greg

March 2026

13 days of medicinal plants, neon green landscapes, and (very) bad roads with American ecologist Greg Hocutt.

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Elisa and the firefighters at Casa Kolping in Sempre Vivas National Park

Field Trip
No. 12

December 2025

20 days of new trails, old friends, and epic campsites with the Espinhaço’s most renown teen explorer—our son, Tiago.

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Eddie drinking maté at a hotel in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

The Audacity of Stories

May 2025

Part 1 of an ongoing meditation about travel, the gift of go, and Gift of Go.

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Adriano on the summit of Pico Dois Irmãos, Rio Preto State Park

Adventures w Adriano

December 2024

10 lush mid-October days of trekking, healing, and “aventura total” in the range with Brazilian adventurer Adriano Rizzardo.

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Márcio photographing the Jequitinhonha River from the bridge in Mendanha, Serra do Espinhaço

Interview with Márcio

November 2024

Explorer & journalist Márcio Bortolusso looks back on his trip with GOGO in 2022. “It was one of the most magical trips of my life.”

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Santo riding a horse along the trail to Mozart's house on the Chapada do Couto, Rio Preto State Park

GOGO + C&TH

June 2024

Excerpts from GOGO Co-Founder Eddie Lott’s recent Q&A with British luxury publication Country & Town House.

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Eddie, João, Júlio, Zekinha, Dorico, and Paul during the eighth day of their expedition in the Serra do Espinhaço

The FT Expedition

April 2024

Field notes, photographs & musings from our exclusive 14-day crossing of the Espinhaço with Paul Richardson of Financial Times.

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Júlio on the trail during an expedition in Sempre Vivas National Park

Field Trip No. 10

March 2024

Captures & musings from ten (very) wet & wild days in, around, and across enigmatic, glorious Sempre Vivas National Park.

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Cachoeira do Fundão, Sempre Vivas National Park

Field Trip No. 8

January 2024

Field notes & photographs from a recent 15-day exploration in preparation for a pair of crossings with journalists.

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Elisa with Dona Maria at her and Santo's home in Bica d'Agua, Serra do Espinhaço
Elisa with Dona Maria at her and Santo's home in Bica d'Agua, Serra do Espinhaço

Giving by Going

November 2023

A Thanksgiving reflection on the power of community, and on the process of becoming something greater.

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Elisa riding a horse on the trail to Mozart's house, Rio Preto State Park

The Back Nine

July 2023

Light-hearted captures from a life-affirming 12-day walkabout along some of the lesser known paths of the Serra do Espinhaço.

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The mountains of Sempre Vivas National Park, Serra do Espinhaço

TVSAO

October 2022

Excerpts & deep cuts from GOGO Co-Founder Eddie Lott’s photo journal chronicling the Serra do Espinhaço & its inhabitants.

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Márcio preparing to use a drone on the Trilha dos Tropeiros near Pico do Itambé, Serra do Espinhaço

Field Trip No. 2

July 2022

Photographs & musings from our second multi-week crossing of the Espinhaço: a 31-day trek in with Brazilian explorer Márcio Bortolusso.

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A local painting illustrating the transformational power of travel, Serra do Espinhaço

The Book of Go

April 2022

A meditation on authenticity, adventure, immersion, luxury, community, and the transformational power of travel.

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Elisa on the trail in Barão de Guaicui during our first multi-week trek in the Serra do Espinhaço

Field Trip No. 1

December 2021

An illustrated retrospective by GOGO Co-Founder Elisa Oliveira about the 28-day trek that changed it all.

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Beach scene, Ilha Grande

Ilha Grande

September 2021

Photographs & deep thoughts from a pair of expeditions to Ilha Grande & the surrounding coastline in 2020-21.

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Neil and a Jeep Willys atop a high campo in southern Minas Gerais

Neil’s Journey

July 2020

A traveler looks back on his 35-day Journey across São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Bahia with Eddie in 2018.

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Cam on the trail in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia

Cam’s Journey

February 2020

An American photographer recounts his 29-day Journey across southeastern Brazil with Eddie in 2018.

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