Although there are no direct flights between Brazil and Australia, the agreement that contemplates the maximum number of flights allowed between the two countries per week has been revised and the number has gone up from 7 to 14. The agreement allows for flights with stopovers. LAN has announced a new three-times a week flight [...]
This is the 3rd of ten entries entries presenting videos from the artists I wrote about at Top 10: Brazilian music (B-sides). I am following the alphabetical order I used on that entry. The third artist on the list is Davi Moraes. He never hits the top of the charts and for that reason it [...]
The São Paulo subway system (the metrô), although minute, takes you to a large number of points of interest in the city. It used to be fast, safe and clean. There are three main lines and a fourth line not connected to the rest of the network. On the metrô’s website there is section where [...]
During the subtropical winter, penguins appear along the Brazilian on a regular basis. There is hardly anything unusual about a penguin found along the coast of São Paulo, for instance. From the border with Uruguay up to the state of Rio de Janeiro, Magellanic penguins are spotted on a regular basis. The incredibly unusual fact [...]
Chinese airline Air China will stop flying from Madrid to São Paulo on 14 September. Higher fuel costs is the reason being argued for the interruption of the service. On its announcement the airline states it intends to fly that route again in 2009 – whether that will be the case it remains to be [...]
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