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| Red
Or Blue ~ A Folk Festival In The Amazon |
| by Rita
Shannon Koeser - It was a rainy, humid April night in the Brazilian Amazon
when I stepped off my ship in Parintins and entered the world of Caprichoso
and Garantido, a world of red and blue. A world where red and blue
are competing against each other in a fantastic performance of music,
dance, chanting, fireworks, singing, beautiful young people in dazzling
costumes, and beating of drums. Sept./04 |
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| Rio
In The Rain ~ In Brazil |
| by Elienne
M. W. Lawson - Rio de Janeiro, long before it was Rio de Janeiro, first
saw a tourist in the form of Amerigo Vespucci in 1502. After much
letter writing between Vespucci and his patrons, the great Medici family
of Florence, Rio was already a legend in European literature and folklore.
It certainly did not take any considerable time for it to gain a reputation
that has lasted to this day: a tropical oasis with beautiful beaches, gorgeous
women and hedonistic fashion. Feb./05 |
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| Shark
Attack ~ Swimming In Brazil |
| by Robin Sparks
- Stefano, who once tooled around Miami in a long yellow Cadillac, played
professional tennis in France, frequented the international party circuit
between Uruguay, Marabella, and Paris, and now hides out in Buzios from
who knows who, is a victim of Argentina's recent economic crisis. But he
is also my angelfish. Stefano shows me where the ATM machine is, he drops
me off at the Casa de Paz Meditation Center (and tells me I'll find him
meditating on a bar stool), he introduces me to his Argentine friends at
a private party, and he changes my flat tire three times! Jan/05 |
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| Study
Abroad In Brazil - For Free? |
| by Richard
Abel - Yes it’s possible, though you’re probably wondering – what’s the
catch? With a little research and investigation you can uncover more international
options. July/04 |
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| The
Buying Game - Buying Real Estate In Brazil |
| About a one
and one-half hour drive into the mountains west of Rio de Janeiro is the
town of Teresopolis. Jim and Debbie wrote me to tell me about their $30,000
purchase of an estate consisting of four buildings, a 2 bedroom main house,
a spring fed swimming pool, a vegetable garden, an enclosed tennis court,
and over a dozen varieties of fruit trees. This I had to see for myself.
Jim wasn't exaggerating. Teresopolis was idyllic and he and Debbie had
purchased a gorgeous estate for the price of a tool shed back home. By
Robin Sparks |
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| The
Coconut Coast - A Brazilian Version Of Paradise |
| by Stan F.
Gwinner - The “Coconut Coast” or Costa dos Coqueiros as it is called in
Portuguese, lies on the northeastern coast of Brazil, a few miles north
of the city of Salvador, capital of the state of Bahia. The Coconut Coast
is a 125 mile stretch of sandy beaches lined with coconut trees, sand dunes,
rivers, lakes and mangrove marshes. Its golden-sand beaches protected by
reefs, and warm, emerald color ocean waters offer an escape to paradise.
Jan/04 |
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| The
Dollar Does The Samba - The Brazilian Real And U.S. Dollar |
| by Richard
Abel - The commercial rate for the dollar vs. the Brazilian Real just hit
the lowest level in almost 3 years. In other words, the Real has been steadily
appreciating and the Dollar has been falling. What does this mean? To understand
this question, we have to look back at history. The first time I traveled
to Brazil in 1998, I found the country to be more expensive than I had
expected. The exchange rate then was about R$1.20 for every dollar. The
following year, there was a devaluation after the presidential election,
and the Real quickly fell to 2.00 to the dollar and kept on falling. In
2002, there was another presidential election and it fell to 4.00 to the
dollar. Mar/05 |
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| The
Edge Of Town Brazil ~ A Fronteira da Cidade |
| by Shane Jackson
- Now on line here at Montreal...we are probably the only people with internet
in the bairro. I think I have found highway free access to the local
big ridge, I'm guessing it's at least 4000’ with knobs higher. The new
bike cost $80 but is a piece of junk, the inner tubes are lumpy and that
causes a rub in the rear, maybe a new tube will fix it...wish I had the
bike I bought in China. The bags finally caught up with me after the TSA
gave them the once over, strange times up there. Jan/05 |
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| The
Telecommunications Revolution |
| Perhaps there
is no easier or better way to make money from anywhere we choose to live
than to take advantage of the advances in global communications. In any
event each of us can certainly save money by taking advantage of the advances
even if we only choose to use the new technology to call home. |
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| Tiradentes:
A Colonial Gem |
| Don't think
Brazil is only good for beaches and the Amazon. Nestled in the rural
foothills of the Serra do São José is Tiradentes; a sophisticated,
rustic, original gold rush town in the countryside of Minas Gerais. Jul/06 |
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| To
The End Of The World - Part 3: Near Disaster in Amazonas |
| by Charles
Ragsdale - Last year, during a seven-month period, the author drove nearly
25,000 miles in a 1988 Toyota 4Runner from Connecticut all the way to the
southernmost city in the world – Usuhaia, Argentina, passing through some
of the world’s most beautiful scenery on some of the world’s worst maintained
and most dangerous roads. He ended his twelve country odyssey in Paraguay,
where he sold his car and flew home to the USA, forever changed by his
life on the road during what was a truly remarkable undertaking. While
a full recounting of his journey would require many volumes, the author
has agreed to provide us with glimpses and insight into what he experienced.
This is the third in a series of five articles. March/04 |
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| Traveling
Through Fortaleza Ceara ~ Adventure In Brazil |
| by John Mueller
- The beauty of northwest Brazil is stunning: from desert, to palms, to
lakes and finally the blue sea. Fortaleza, Brazil is the place to go if
you want to sit back and enjoy the beach and friendly people. Find out
what to look for in Fortaleza in the above article. Sept./03 |
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| Valença,
Brazil ~ Coffee Cathedrals And Slave Spirits |
| by Elienne
M. W. Lawson - Sulking through Rio de Janeiro under an umbrella, it is
fair to say that my beach dreams are most decidedly rained out. Clouds
edge bikinis back into suitcases and sweaters come out in their place.
I am nursing a bruised and broken vision of being the Girl from Ipanema,
when a Brazilian friend drops me an invitation to a celebration in the
mountains north of Rio. There is the hint of a festival that will last
for days, and I can see Brazilian life away from the jumble of Rio de Janeiro
and the glitter of Buzios. Excited by the promise of authentic Braziliana,
I hop in the car, grab mangos and coconut water from a street vendor for
sustenance and leave the soggy coast behind. I do not expect the trip inland
to be a tour of Brazilian spiritual life, but serendipity plays a larger
part of life in Brazil, where flexibility mixed with chaos reigns supreme.
April/05 |
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| Visit
To Brazil - Learning English In Brazil |
| The Michigan
School ~ by Rita Shannon Koeser - Everybody knows Susi. And they all want
to study with her at Michigan School. Some have already studied with her.
Here in the small town of Capivari, also known as “Land of Poets”,
everybody wants to learn English. Senhor Cabral, whose wife owns the gift
shop, Loja da Leninha on the corner, two blocks off the square,
says he was in Susi’s first adult class. In the Livraria e Papelaria shop,
a bookshop and stationery store across from the square, everyone stops
to listen when my Brazilian friend and I start speaking English.
May/05 |
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| Walk
Like A Brazilian - Robin In Brazil |
| by Robin Sparks
- I'd been to every country on my list except for one, Brazil. The Brazil
in my head was passion, romance, the samba, fresh fruit, tropical beaches,
and the bossanova. When I heard that in Brazil it's rude to show up on
time for social engagements, I thought that this just might be the place
for me. How could I not love a country where I'd always be on time? There
was also the hope that in Brazil, I could blend in more easily than in
Bali, my other favorite place on the planet. There¹s no way I'll ever
be Balinese, but maybe I could be Brazilian. May/04 |
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| Your
Beach Business Under the Sun - Body Painting In Bahia |
| By Richard
Abel - Bahia, Brazil means beaches during the day, parties at night and
surfing in the morning. Some people come and never leave. One of the ways
that people have stayed on the beach is with a new tanning oil product
from Brazil that can be sprayed directly onto the body. Spraying bodies
on the beach with tanning oil could lead to something interesting. Check
this out. Jan/03 |
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