This is a guest post by our friend Ernesto. He first came to Pernambuco in March of 2007 as a tourist. In January of 2008 he returned and since then has been living in Olinda. He keeps two blogs: a personal one and another that focuses solely on Olinda. His email is nyenye03 at hotmail [...]
The Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics, better known for its initials IBGE, released recently new population data. The source is here: IBGE divulga as estimativas populacionais dos municípios em 2009. The population of Brazil is now estimated at 191.5 million. 40% of Brazilians live in just three states: São Paulo (41 millions), Minas Gerais [...]
[This post is part of a series devoted to tourism in five remote Brazilian states - the other entries include Acre, Rondonia, Roraima and Tocantins.] Amapá is on the northernmost tip of Brazil, halfway between the northern and the southern hemisphere. It has borders with the Brazilian states of Roraima and Amazonas to the west [...]
To make up for the absence on this blog of a specific destination card devoted to Cabo Frio, I am publishing a blog entry with links to sites of interest. We have blog posts on neighbouring Arraial do Cabo and Búzios. PORTALS There are two portals with complete information on Cabo Frio: Cabo Frio.com.br and [...]
August is finally over and promises of warmer temperatures around the corner abound. During the month now gone we announced the dates for the 2009 GP Brazil Formula 1. We saw that at Ubatuba birds there is a wealth of information on birdwatching at the Atlantic rainforest. We have a new listing of hotels and [...]
