Archive for August, 2008

The Brazil Travel Blog brings you every month a calendar for you to use on your computer desktop. Here is the September 2008 calendar, showing an unusual combination of clouds on the skies of São Paulo. DOWNLOAD: – Large size – Small size Remember, a new calendar every month! Did you like this? Share it:

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This is the 5th 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 fifth artist on the list is Lenine. The first video I’ve chosen is a beautiful song, one of my favourites, Paciência. [...]

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Today we want to introduce you to one of the greatest contributions of Brazil to the world: the unmistakable, inimitable and genuinely Brazilian pão de queijo. There will be those – and not without reason – wanting a more specific attribution of fame: pão de queijo is, above all, a Minas Gerais institution. The pão [...]

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Paraty is an incredibly rewarding place, both day and night. Streets and buildings are seen with very different eyes as the day becomes the night. —————————— RELATED POSTS: Destination: Paraty subscribe to the Brazil Travel Blog by Email. Did you like this? Share it:

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According to the official calendar, the 2009 carnival will take place between 20 and 24 February. Although the dates seem miles away, the farsighted travellers have already made accommodation arrangements for the period – it is the only way of finding good value accommodation for places like Rio or Salvador. The two days of parades [...]

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