Travel Guide:brazil
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Zika Virus Hits U.S.: Is This the New Mosquito-Borne Illness Travelers Have to Worry About?
Mosquitos are one of the deadliest insects on earth. (Photo: James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP)
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Video Shows Gang of Kids Mugging People in Broad Daylight in Brazil
In August, millions of tourists from all over the world will be flocking to Brazil for the 2016 Summer Olympics. But now, all eyes are already on Rio de Janeiro thanks to a video of street youth gangs brazenly and violently mugging people that has gone viral.
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15 Scenes From Brazil's Gorgeous, Underrated North
The states of northern Brazil have eluded mass tourism and are a fresh, untouched piece of paradise.
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Forget Rio: These Brazilian Cities Go All Out for Carnival
It’s the biggest party in Brazil: Carnival, aka Carnaval. Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, and Olinda are the cities most people know about. Ouro Preto is famous worldwide for its unique baroque architecture.
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A Tale of Two Beach Towns: Brazil's Hidden Getaways
A two-hour drive east of Rio, you will find a pair of magnificent beach towns — Cabo Frio and Buzios. Untapped by most Americans, this is where Brazilians go to “summer” or spend their weekends resting, relaxing, and rejuvenating. Cabo Frio, or Cold Cape, gets its name from the South Pole jet stream, and the resulting winds have sculpted sand dunes from the pure white sand. Don’t let the name fool you — the water temperature is warm, and the wind, while sometimes strong, provides a nice repriev
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Street Art Smackdown: Wynwood Walls in Miami vs. Beco do Batman in São Paulo
This week it’s Wynwood Walls in Miami vs. Beco do Batman in São Paulo, Brazil, in an art-world showdown. Just over the bridge from South Beach is the Wynwood Walls, an open-air outdoor gallery and mecca for street art dreamed up by developer and visionary Tony Goldman in Oct. 2009. Inspired the graffiti that already was on abandoned warehouses, empty factories, and crumbling buildings in the manufacturing district along NW 2nd Avenue between 26th and 25th Streets, Goldman and famed curator Jef
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New Year, New Life: You're Never Too Old to Study Abroad
You don’t have to be a college student to study abroad, and there are language programs starting every week in countries all across the globe, just like the one I attended in Florianopolis, Brazil, a few years back. My Brazilian host, Ariana, left, and me. Ariana introduced me to some of her friends, took me out dancing, and taught me how to make traditional foods, including my new favorite medium for consuming dulce de leche: tapioca (in Brazil, tapioca is not pudding).
