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Spring is in the air!
2007-09-22 20:42:00 Spring has just arrived in the southern hemisphere! Although the unusually high temperatures of winter here in São Paulo could led you to believe season changes are a thing of the past. More About: News , Spring
The air we breathe
2007-09-21 14:44:00 The Folha de São Paulo publishes today the results of a study on air quality on six large Brazilian capitals: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte e Recife. The findings of the study won’t come as a surprise to anyone who has spent any reasonable amount of time at a ... More About: News , Health , Breathe , Brea
many happy returns!
2007-09-21 12:12:00 One week commemorating De viaje a Brasil’s first birthday comes to an end. I would have liked to give a freebie to all the readers of my blogs but that’s understandably impossible. So, instead I’ve prepared a desktop wallpaper you can download if you wish. Click on the image below and on the new page ... More About: General , Happy
Brazil in pictures: Consolação cemetery
2007-09-19 12:31:00 São Paulo has its own Recoleta cemetery, although smaller than its Buenos Aires counterpart, and far less known. The Consolação cemetery [Wikipedia] is quite close to the avenida Paulista, and even so, few people come by to visit it. It’s a pity, as the cemetery contains excellent works of art in the form of ... More About: Pictures , Brazil , Destination , Meter
This week
2007-09-18 12:18:00 I’m sorry it’s been a quite time here at the blog. We were off for four days at the end of last week and then this is a kind of special week, as we are celebrating the first year online of De viaje a Brasil, the Spanish counterpart of this blog. It will be ... More About: Week
Three budgets for a trip to Brazil
2007-09-13 11:57:00 Ariel, a reader of De Viaje a Brasil, suggested the idea of an entry with the draft of three different budgets for the traveller preparing a trip to Brazil . In spite of the difficulties inherent to a entry of this kind, I have accepted the challenge. I won’t bore you with lengthy explanations on ... More About: Money , Trip , Budgets
Soccer championship 2007 - calendar
2007-09-11 12:16:00 For those of you keen on attending a soccer (futebol) match while in Brazil, here’s the 2007 League calendar, including the scores of the games that have already been played. An up-to-date table is found here: Brasileirão - classificação. A few clarifications: the Brazilian league is known as the Brasileirão unless there is another ongoing competition (Libertadores, ... More About: Championship , Soccer , Activities , Calendar , Lend
Bonito - trip report
2007-09-10 12:04:00 Bonito is an eco-tourism destination quite popular among Brazilians and little known among foreigners. It is located in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, in the southernmost tip of the Pantanal region. There is an entry for Bonito on this blog, destination: Bonito. From the trip made in 2001 I uploaded a handful ... More About: Report , Destination , Trip
Destination: Ilha do Marajó
2007-09-07 12:18:00 [from our special guest Daniel] The island of Mara jó, in the state of Pará, north of Brazil, is the largest island to be completely surrounded by freshwater in the world. It is larger than Switzerland. The main touristic points of the island are found near the towns of Salvaterra and Soure, on the east of ... More About: Destination
Fare check update
2007-09-06 12:46:00 I’ve just updated the Fare check page of this blog, where you will find a small sample of routes and prices of flights with the two most important airlines in Brazil. The bad news is that the prices of domestic flights have increased quite a lot over the last couple of months. Rather than ... More About: Check , Update
Sambadrome ticket prices
2007-09-05 17:57:00 The umbrella Association for all the Escolas de Samba from Rio, LIESA, has just published on its website the prices of tickets for carnival parades at the Sambadrome in 2008 : Ingressos Sambódromo 2008. For most tourists the interesting part are the Arquibancadas, the stands. On the same page there is a map of ... More About: Activities , Ticket , Badr , Prices , Tick
Quero-quero
2007-09-04 12:14:00 If walking outdoors is your kind of thing, you are likely to come across a couple of quero-queros (Southern Lapwing, Vanellus chilensis), a very common bird in South America outside the Amazon basin and the Andean region. Quero-queros build their nests on the ground. If someone comes close to the nests, they defend them very ...
escolas de samba Parades in Rio 2008
2007-09-03 22:40:00 The calendar for the parades of the escolas de samba at the Rio Sambodrome is already known. The first parade will take place on Sunday 3 February, from 9pm till dawn. The escolas parading on that night will be: São Clemente, Porto da Pedra, Salgueiro, Portela, Mangueira and Viradouro. The second parade will be on Monday ... More About: News , Samba , Activities , 2008
From São Paulo to Curitiba
2007-09-03 12:18:00 BY PLANE The main airlines (TAM, Gol and Varig) fly to Curitiba from São Paulo . BY BUS The trip lasts for about six hours and leaves from the Terminal Tietê bus station in São Paulo. One way from R$52. A couple of companies going to Curitiba are Cometa e Itapemirim. Departures all throughout the day. More About: Transportation
New flight São Paulo-Paris-Rome
2007-08-30 13:18:00 On September 20 the Brazilian airline Varig will begin operating a new intercontinental flight from São Paulo (leaving Guarulhos at 23:59) to Paris (arriving in Charles de Gaulle at 16h20) and then onto Rome (arriving in Leonardo da Vinci at 19h15). On the way to Brazil, flights will leave from Rome at 20h50, arriving ... More About: News , Transportation
September desktop calendar
2007-08-30 12:17:00 The desktop calendar for the month of Sept ember is already available for download at the calendars section of this blog. We are going to the beach, to Arraial d’Ajuda and the outlandish characters walking along its beaches. More About: Desktop , Calendar , Lend
Beaches on the state of São Paulo
2007-08-29 12:21:00 The distance from the city of São Paulo to the shore is relatively short, and there is no shortage of beaches along the coastline. The coast of the state of São Paulo is divided in two large regions: the north coast (litoral norte), from Ubatuba, on the border with the state of Rio de Janeiro, to ... More About: Beaches , Destination , State , The State
Rates on the websites, please
2007-08-28 13:12:00 It’s happened again. I’m looking for accommodation for several short breaks and I’m finding again and again websites belonging to hotels and pousadas where rates are nowhere to be found. I suppose there must be powerful reasons for a hotel not to publish their rates on the internet. But from the customer’s point of view, ... More About: Reviews , Websites , Rates , Rate
Reviews: Pousada Capim Santo, Trancoso
2007-08-27 12:09:00 NAME: pousada Capim Santo WHERE: Tran coso, Bahia WEBSITE: www.capimsanto.com.br IN ENGLISH: no PRICES ON THE WEBSITE: yes LOCATION: unbeatable location, in a quiet cul-de-sac a few meters from the Quadrado, the historic square of Trancoso . THE BUILDING: a number of houses and the pool are scattered in the middle of a lush garden. THE ROOMS: the suite master where we stayed ... More About: Reviews , Destination
New blog layout
2007-08-26 21:37:00 I’m working at the moment on the implementation of the new layout of the Brazil Travel Blog . The main changes are already in place, with a new sidebar on the right. Over the coming days I will be rearranging the content of the blog. More About: Layout
Top 10: Brazilian music (B-sides)
2007-08-24 12:31:00 This is an entirely personal list with Brazilian musicians that feature often on my playlists. I have deliberatedly omitted from the list the big names of Brazilian music. I love the music of Marisa Monte and Chico Buarque, I enjoy very much the music of so many Brazilian artists of worldwide fame. But with ... More About: Music , Top 10 , Sides , B-Side
Reviews: Pousada Erva Doce, Arraial d’Ajuda
2007-08-22 00:00:00 NAME: pousada Erva Doce WHERE: Arraial d’Ajuda , Bahia WEBSITE: www.ervadoce.com.br IN ENGLISH: yes PRICES ON THE WEBSITE: yes LOCATION: right on the Estrada do Mucugê, the most charming thoroughfare of Arraial; the Estrada do Mucugê is where it’s at. The main entrance to the pousada is surrounded by a coffee shop and a few restaurants and shops. The location ... More About: Reviews , Raia
Cachaça
2007-08-21 00:00:00 To refer to cachaça as the national drink of Brazil might seem a bit of an exaggeration, but the truth is that there is no other alcoholic beverage as popular in Brazil as pinga is - another popular name for cachaça. Cachaça is a cane spirit with a strength from 38% to 51%. It ...
Accommodation reviews
2007-08-21 00:00:00 Before I continue with a few more accommodation reviews - I will publish a new one tomorrow, I would like to make a couple of comments. It’s becoming increasingly more and more difficult to accept an opinion from places like Trip Advisor without a healthy dose of scepticism. Interested parties have entered the arena of ... More About: Reviews , Accommodation , Dati
GP Brazil 2007 - Formula 1
2007-08-18 00:00:00 The Brazil ian Grand Prix at Interlagos will be the last race of the season, and will take place in São Paulo on October 21. The sporting event draws thousands of fans every year to the Brazilian race course. There is complete information on the race at the official website of the GP de Brasil. When the ... More About: Formula , Formula 1
There is a queue in São Paulo
2007-08-18 00:00:00 Until September 9 you can witness at the Avenida Paulista a queue that seems to be going nowhere. A very funny and stress-free queue totally unconnected to the long queues at the airports. The artists Gigi Manfrinato and Sandra Lee have modelled 26 figures, using papel, glue, plaster and ciment. With their exhibits, the artists ... More About: Queue , Paulo
New presentation of the photographs
2007-08-14 00:00:00 From now on, my photographs have a new presentation I have been working on over the last few weeks. The reason for the change is twofold. On the one hand, I wanted to be able to upload larger photograps for the enjoyment (I hope) of those with larger monitor screens. On the other hand, ... More About: Photographs , Presentation , Graph , Resent
Carnival 2008: dates
2007-08-10 00:00:00 The official dates for the Carnival 2008 go from the 2nd to the 5th of February. Still quite far way in time, though early birds are already making enquiries about accommodation. For the time being there is no official information on either the Rio (Rio Turismo) or the São Paulo carnival. The carnival industry in Salvador ... More About: Dates
Your luggage and domestic flight connections
2007-08-10 00:00:00 Just a reminder that if your arrive in Brazil from abroad and have a domestic connecting flight, you will have to get your baggage from the conveyor belt at your first entry point in the country, go through customs, and check in your luggage again. Standard procedure. Share This More About: Domestic , Flight , Luggage , Dome , Connections
top 10: foreign tourists in Brazil
More articles from this author:2007-08-08 00:00:00 Which are the countries sending the most tourists to Brazil ? Here’s the top ten (data from 2005): Argentina. 992.000 tourists. For 87% it’s not their first visit to Brazil. Main destinations: Rio de Janeiro, Búzios, São Paulo, Florianópolis y Porto Alegre. United States. 794.000 tourists. For 61% it’s not their first visit to Brazil. Main destinations: ... More About: Tourists , Foreign , Tourist , Fore 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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