I mentioned this attraction in a previous post, but that did not give it nearly the coverage it deserves. Mini Mundo is what we in the Model Railroading community call a “garden railway”. But it is certainly not your “garden variety” garden railway. It’s creators have gone all-out to make sure there is something for…
As I was sifting through our photo archives the other day, it dawned on me that in the course of our almost two decades in Brazil we have had many encounters of the six-legged or eight-legged kind. These encounters have ranged from the interesting to the downright terrifying. And many of them have been caught…
Several years ago our family had the opportunity to visit the spectacular Foz de Iguaçu waterfalls. While we’ve featured video of the Foz here before, I realized we had never shared these first-hand pictures. Foz de Iguaçu is high on our list of places we would like to return to someday. _____________________ Did you enjoy…
Because there was a guy there to help him. Otherwise, he’d be toast. Seriously…how have these animals survived natural selection? Of course, we’ve had our own experience with a sloth in need of assistance… ____________________ Did you enjoy this post? Consider making a donation to our ministry in Brazil. As an Amazon Associate I earn…
Neither of these two towns – Central do Maranhão nor Mirinzal – located in the interior of the state of Maranhão, will top any list of tourist spots in Brazil. In fact, as we visited them a couple weeks ago it was clear to us that the people there were largely unaccustomed to seeing outsiders….
Our previous Best of Brazil posts have featured a couple interesting things to be found in the city of Santos. For this last post in the series featuring our travels at the beginning of 2023 we will feature pictures of some other interesting things we saw and did in Santos. Trolley Ride As with many…
With the outsized role that coffee has played in Brazil’s economy and history, it stands to reason that there would be a museum dedicated to the black bean. And that museum would have to be in the port city of Santos, which is where most of Brazil’s exported coffee embarked for the rest of the…
This was one of the more unique attractions we visited while on vacation earlier this year. This near-vertical railway, located in the city of Santos, was designed to connect a particularly isolated neighborhood with the rest of the city. The ride itself is fun, and the views are spectacular. Going up! Once at the summit,…
The highlight of our vacation travels this year, bar none, was a railroad excursion we took on the Serra Verde Express, a tourist train that takes passengers from the city of Morretes, through a mountain range, and ends up in the city of Curitiba. Having arrived early, we enjoyed spending a little time in the…
Continuing our special “Best of Brazil” series featuring some of the fascinating things we saw while traveling earlier this year, today we come to one of the biggest surprises of our trip. On the way to the city of Morretes, from whence we would eventually take a train ride (which will of course be featured…