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Linhas Rodoviárias, a site with bus travel information

Linhas rodoviárias is a new website with information on travel routes around Brazil. It is quite easy to use. For the time being, it only contains information on both domestic and international routes departing from São Paulo.
Busque seu destino! is your search window. ORIGEM (origin) has São Paulo selected as a default (you can’t change [...]

dengue fever is back

On 10 facts about dengue fever in Brazil, our main entry devoted to dengue fever on this blog, we explained how the dengue epidemic coincides with the rainy season. What with the rainy season well under way, dengue is back to the headlines: Risco de dengue deixa em estado de alerta 17 capitais, diz ministério. [...]

real vs dollar and euro, changes unlikely

A financial analyst from bank Itau (one of the largest Brazilian corporations) told me last week that the bank doesn’t expect big shifts in the current relationship between the Brazilian real and the US dollar and the euro. In other words, an overvalued real is likely to stay, at least for the next few months.
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17 tips to improve any trip to Brazil

Ernesto Machado, author of Gringo in Olinda and Not Quite a Gringo and friend of the Brazil Travel Blog has put together two terrific sets of tips for travellers heading to Brazil. I want to share those tips with all the readers of this blog.
The first set of 10 tips is called 10 Tips to [...]

acajaré, a delicacy from Bahia

Acarajé is a true culinary delicacy from the state of Bahia. An acarajé is a ball made from black-eyed peas and fried in dendê oil, usually served with hot chilly pepper sauce. It can be eaten along with dried shrimp and traditional dishes from Bahia such as the vatapá or the caruru.

Acarajé is often eaten [...]