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| Fishing
The Pantanal |
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the type that likes fishing, the wild life and adventure try the Pantanal.
What is the Pantanal? The Pantanal is 3000 amazing square miles of Brazilian
wet lands. Hotel owner, adventurer, raconteur and bon vivant Dion
Ross is an American who has lived in Brazil for 27 years. He tells us all
about it. He ought to know, after 27 years he still lives there. |
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| House
Hunting along the Littoral Norte or Costa Verde |
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or Americans have discovered this beautiful playground of the Sao Paulo
‘Paulistas’ and the Rio de Janeiro ‘Cariocas.’ The Paulistas call
it the Littoral Norte whereas the Cariocas call it the Costa Verde. My
wife, a Brazilian, and I decided to rent a car and investigate this island-speckled
coast for a week to consider it as a potential retirement destination.
We selected this stretch of the Brazilian coast for a variety of reasons. |
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| How
To Make Enormous Returns In Overseas Youth Development - Brazil And Belize |
| - People decide
to start youth centers and outreach programs for a variety of reasons.
The reasons for attempting to operate one overseas can be even more diverse.
Generally, when someone is interested in starting a youth program overseas
it requires a substantial commitment of forethought since they will be
faced with both the normal challenges of youth center operation, and then
some. |
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| In
Brasilia - Surely You Must Be Joking, Mr Niemeyer |
| - Coming in
to land at Brasilia was meant to be the highlight of my latest swing through
the country I had arrived at Sao Paulo airport early and flirted outrageously
with the frumpy check-in girl to ensure that I got a window seat that wasn't
over the wing. I was looking forward to seeing the city slowly take form
through the early morning clouds and to be able to brag, for months to
come, that indeed I had been to the governmental centre of Brasil and that
indeed it did look like an aeroplane from the sky. |
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| In
Brazil - Life Is A Beach |
| - I am at
Tartaruga Beach, one of twenty beaches on the Buzios peninsula. In Brazil,
going to the beach is the raison d' etre - everything is planned around
it - and so when in Rome... The long curved sliver of sand is lined with
chaises, umbrellas, and vendors who stand with their wares waiting for
today's tourists to be unloaded from the boats pulling into the cove. |
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| Lessons
Of The High Caparaó - In Brazil |
| - My wife
wanted to go visit with her mother and show off the latest baby. Needed
to inspect the apartment, global warming has bought giant sized hail stones
to Belo Horizonte. We had sustained some damage, golf ball sized hail,
heretofore unheard of in this part of the tropics. It had tore down some
awnings on the veranda. We thought we might have a family reunion at the
Parque Nacional Serra do Cipó but few could make it. |
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| Life
In Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil - “A Jewel In The Rough” |
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that don’t know (I didn’t), Minas Gerais is a state in Brazil that is rich
in history and natural resources. Many may have heard of the historically
preserved cities Ouro Preto or Diamantina famed for gold, silver, diamonds
and other jewels found only here. Many have not heard of the national parks
and beautiful mountain ranges of Minas Gerais. It’s primary population
center is Belo Horizonte, a major center of commerce, agriculture, and
industry. I think it is the third largest city in Brazil. |
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| Making
A Move To Fortaleza, Brazil - Some Advice |
| - Living somewhere
is much different than visiting. You have to learn how to survive day to
day living; shopping, cooking, dealing with the electric and phone companies,
the bank, restaurants and all the other things that come with life. Realizing
this, I made a decision to try it temporarily before actually taking the
final steps. I've now been here two months. While I won’t go into the actual
differences, I have learned many things which I will pass on. |
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| My
Brazilian Experience - And Brazil's Best Kept Secret |
| - My name
is Richard Conti. I am originally from New York City. Being raised in the
shadows of the once towering World Trade Center little or nothing surprises
me or shocks me these days. I now live and have lived in Beautiful Boca
Raton Florida on the southeast coast of Florida for about eight years.
No other city has impressed me as much as Boca Raton until I discovered
a Most Wonderful Place in Brazil !! |
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| Non
Stop Erotic Bingo - Out And About In Sao Paulo |
| - Sao Paulo
is an enormous city and you can do just about anything at anytime in Sao
Paulo. But the problem in Sao Paulo is always whether or not you will be
able to arrive to the place you want to be: the traffic jams are truly
nightmarish. And if you are in the middle of a nightmarish traffic jam,
then you might take a quick turn and end up anywhere. But that's the fun
of Brazil. |
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| Paraiba
- In Northern Brazil |
| - The state
of PARAIBA (para-eeee-buh) in the north of Brasil is little known and rarely
visited by foreign tourists but many Brasilians know it well. This state
attracts many Brasilians from all over the country during holidays (seems
like there is a holiday one day a week here!) and in the summer months.
Due to it’s location at 7 degrees south of the equator, PARAIBA has summer
like weather all year round. The rainy months are June through August,
when the dry breezes blow which make it very comforatable here – 70-85
F. |
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| Paraty,
Brazil ~ Paradise On The Far Side Of The World |
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It has been five hundred years since French, Dutch, English, Portuguese
and Spanish pirates began to traverse the Brazilian coast, looking for
Indians hot to trade and the odd white man’s stash to loot. Not much has
changed in the intervening years in that respect. North Americans
and Europeans, gringos if you will, still hit the beaches of Brazil, looking
to trade coins for trinkets and experience their own economic power by
finding prices that are a “steal”. But after so many years of travelers
searching for an undiscovered treasure, one may find themselves grumbling
as they share the “paradise on the far side of the world,” as Brazil was
once known, not with pirates but with spring breakers from Chicago and
London. |
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| Real
Estate in Brazil - Size Does Matter: Adding It All Up |
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first things a real estate buyer wants to know about a property is the
exact square footage or yardage. Generally speaking, this bit of information
is a major factor in calculating a fair market price. Under most circumstances,
the owners, real estate brokers and property listings readily provide accurate
dimensions of a property. This is the system most folks are accustomed
to. But in Brazil, none of the old rules apply…. |
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| Real
Estate in Florianópolis, Brazil - The Island of Santa Catarina |
| - The real
estate is a bargain, the beaches uncrowded, and the small towns that dot
the island are colonial and picturesque. It's Ilha Santa Catarina, otherwise
known as Santa Catarina Island and simply called Floripa by the locals;
a 200 square mile island located just off the coast of southern Brazil
and it's as good a spot as one could ask for. Imagine a very large and
very lovely Brazilian island with numerous perfect beaches, (there are
49 major beaches, countless small ones) dozens of lovely towns, and then
throw in the city of Florianópolis, which is a city large enough
(pop 260,000) to provide all of the modern necessities of life without
it being an oppressive metropolis. EscapeArtist.com Staff Article |
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| Real
Estate In Salvador de Bahia - The Soul Of Brazil |
| - Great photographs
and insights into what it takes to find real estate in Salvador de Bahia,
Brazil - "Brazilian property owners and agents pray nightly that Americans
and Europeans will arrive, because they know that buyers from these countries
are most likely to jump on an “excellent deal!” in fear that someone
else will come along and snatch it up before they do. The real estate bubble
hasn’t drifted all that far south from North America yet. - - The beaches,
the music, the culture and most importantly the people are the main reasons
that some expats have moved here. Life is also more relaxed. One expat
with a family says that living here as a family has many positives. Cost
of medical and dental care is much lower and very good. Food and staple
commodities are lower, everything in fact, except for gasoline. Help is
much more affordable. And there is a very good Pan-American school for
kids." |
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