Brazil

Photo of the Moment: Into the Void, Brazil

Elephant Seal Snarls Traffic in Brazil

Typical 9-5 of an elephant seal © Jim Bahn A large elephant seal frustrated motorists in Brazil this week when it took a holiday from its usual aquatic life and wandered the streets of Balneario Camboriu. The creature stopped traffic on a busy street for more than an hour as it made its way across [...]

Spiders Take Over the Sky in Brazil

In a scene that you might expect to be followed by the Doctor Who theme music, the sky in Santo Antonio da Platina, Brazil was filled with spiders recently. The bizarre sight was captured on video by Erick Reis, who was attending an engagement party. If rain on your wedding day is supposed to foretell [...]

World Cup Has Brazil’s Prostitutes Boning Up on English

Brazilian nightlife © oenvoyage All kinds of businesses are preparing for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which is slated to take place in Brazil, and the world’s oldest profession is no exception. The Association for Prostitution is offering English classes to help its members prepare for an onslaught of new clientele during the big event. [...]

Night and Day in Rio de Janeiro [Video]

In the amount of time it takes to make a bag of microwave popcorn you can experience the passage of time in Rio de Janeiro thanks to this glorious video from MOOV. The duo behind MOOV, Gustavo Pellizzon and Marcos Michael (who are very serious about filmmaking judging by their headshots) used a variety of [...]

Brazil Opens First-ever Pet Love Hotel

Clearly they need some privacy ©josefbrandenburg.com In a country where dogs are treated like another family member (Brazil has the world’s second largest dog population), it only makes sense that this would come next. Dog owners that care enough about their pet’s libido can shell out $50 a day in the first ever pet love [...]

The Taste of Love: Traveling with a Vegetarian in Brazil

Everyone makes sacrifices for love. And when I spent a month in meat-loving Brazil with my vegetarian boyfriend, my sacrifice happened three times a day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Brazil is paradise for two-footed carnivores: the serving sizes are gut-stretching and nearly every dish features something that was recently alive. There is no way I [...]

American Tourist Attempts to Drink and Dash in Brazil

Caipi ©mawel Police in Brazil detained American tourist Robert Scott for several hours Wednesday night after he attempted to leave Rio de Janeiro without paying his hotel bill of more than $7,000. The hotel bill included a $3,000 charge for “caipirinhas” — Brazil’s national cocktail of sugarcane rum, lime, sugar and ice. Sixty three year-old [...]

Photo of the Moment: Ablaze in a São Paulo Favela

Blog Helps Reunite Lost Loves of Carnival

Carnival Rio ©sfmission.com This year there’s hope for love-struck carnival attendees in search of their passionate one-kiss encounters after the haze of revelry fades. A blog called “Little Leopard, Where Are You?”–a reference to the colorful costumes Carnival revelers wear–compiles posts from heartsick attendees seeking their lost Carnival crushes. The brainchild of a blogger known [...]

Alternative International Mardi Gras Celebrations

Burning Of Bad Humor ©emilio labrador Americans are probably most familiar with the letchery of New Orleans Mardi Gras but around the world the Rio de Janeiro celebration is regarded as the king of Carnival. But, with the recent strength of the Brazilian currency and massive investments being made in Rio’s tourism infrastucture for the [...]

Photo of the Moment: Surfing Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro

Beer Helps Ultra-Marathoner Run Around the World

Heineken beer bottle ©Creative Tools Irish ultra-marathon runner Richard Donovan has become the first man on the planet to run seven marathons on seven continents in less than five days–thanks to a bottle of beer. In just four days, 22 hours and three minutes, Donovan completed marathons at the Russian Novo science base in Antarctica, [...]

Rio Statue Replica Causes Uproar in London

Christ the Redeemer ©David Berkowitz The statue of Christ the Redeemer with open arms in Rio is seen around the world as a symbol of peace and friendship. But residents of a posh north London neighborhood are up in arms at the possibility of the Brazilian national tourist board erecting a temporary replica on the [...]

Brazilian “Sunball” Heats Up New York

Brazilian Beach ©Rodrigo_Soldon New Yorkers got a taste of Brazil smack in the middle of the Flatiron District. Steps away from Madison Square Garden, Brazil’s tourism office set up a “sunball” in an attempt to draw visitors to the sunny nation. New Yorkers were invited to step into the giant heated snow globe where they [...]

Rio’s New Museum of Tomorrow

Rio de Janeiro Waterfront © JorgeBRAZIL The waterfront of Rio de Janeiro will soon have a green new addition. The Museu do Amanhã (Museum of Tomorrow), designed by Santiago Calatrava is part of a 5 billion Brazilian real “Marvelous Port” project that will revitalize Rio’s waterfront district. In addition to the Museum of Tomorrow, Recently [...]

Man Gets Attacked by Monkeys at Brazilian Zoo

Monkey © epsos A man with the sudden urge to get some quality time in with the monkeys at a Brazilian zoo ended up being attacked and having to be treated at the hospital. Monkeys at a Brazilian zoo have attacked and injured a man who swam into their enclosure, saying he wanted to play [...]

Photo of the Moment: Road to Nowhere, Brazil

Piranhas Attack 100 at Brazilian Beach

© Marcelo Jorge Vieira Not the best day at the beach for a big crowd last week in Brazil. Authorities in a state in Brazil’s northeast are scrambling to take the fright and the bite off the beach after piranhas sunk their teeth into about 100 beachgoers, UOL Noticias reported. The problem — rather fearsome [...]