Archive for February, 2011

I came across this video that brought back fond memories of a trip to Bonito and a dive in the Sucuri river nearly 9 years ago. Bonito is an outstanding ecotourism destination in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. Destination: Bonito is our information resource for that destination. subscribe to the Brazil Travel Blog [...]

Here’s our annual rewrite of our list of our list of favourite places in Brazil (previous editions include Top 10: favourite places in Brazil and 10 must-see places in Brazil). Here is the 2011 ranking of my 10 must-see places in Brazil. Click on the names of the places to go to their full destination [...]

We are presenting today the first video production of the Brazil Travel Blog. We toyed with images and sound in the past but this is our first project using motion pictures. It contains three minutes of images shot in the Pantanal, state of Mato Grosso. The video was shot in high definition with a compact [...]

Brazilian summer time comes to an end at midnight on Saturday 19. This change applies to the South, Southeast and Centre-West regions of the country (the states affected by the change are: Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do [...]

The Brazilian Formula 1 Grand Prix will take place at a later date than usual: between 25 and 27 November. It will be the very final race of the 2011 championship. Tickets for the race have just gone on sale at the official GP website. Go to the Portuguese version of the website and select [...]