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Brazil World Cup 2014: the host cities

The cities that will host the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil have been chosen. They are Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Manaos, Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo.
It is almost certain that the World Cup final will take place at the Maracanã stadium in Rio. São Paulo [...]

how to go from Fortaleza to Natal

BY BUS
The company traveling between Fortaleza and Natal is Viação Nordeste. Its site contains schedules and prices. The trip lasts 5 hours and costs from R$69 (basic bus, with no air con).
Careful. There were several hold-ups during the year 2008. The armed robberies on buses travelling between the two cities took place in the [...]

Accommodation in Ilha do Mel, Ilha Grande, Maresias, Natal and Ubatuba

Accommodation in Brazil has five new blog posts, with full listings of accommodation in Ilha do Mel, Ilha Grande, Maresias, Natal and Ubatuba.

Nautical Tourism in Brazil

The Brazilian Ministry of Tourism has a website devoted to Nautical Tourism in Brazil. It has an English version.

The website has a beautiful layout and tons of information on the Brazilian coastline, the weather, tide charts and other useful information for sailors.
It also contains complete information on the marinas at Baía de Todos os Santos, [...]

Dengue fever in Natal

The considerable increase in the number of cases of dengue fever in Natal has forced its local authorities to declare state of emergency (Dengue: Prefeito Carlos Eduardo decreta estado de emergência).
In the first three months of 2008 there were 2.568 cases of dengue fever and 272 of hemorrhagic dengue fever, resulting in two deaths (in [...]