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…
Back in April we began a series of special “Best of Brazil” posts featuring some of the things we saw in our travels in southern Brazil at the beginning of the year. Our first post was about the city of Curitiba as a whole. Today I want to introduce you to what is certainly the…
Last week I began a special “Best of Brazil” series, highlighting some of the interesting things we saw in our travels at the beginning of the year. We began by talking about Curitiba’s spectacular botanical gardens. The gardens are not the only interesting thing to be seen in Curitiba, however. Here are some of the…
The main purpose of the Best of Brazil section is to educate our readers about the more fascinating aspects of our beloved Brazil. Usually I find something from the internet, or feature a post from our former Best of Brazil website. For the next few Thursday posts, however, I’m going to be highlighting some of…
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known to the world as soccer legend Pelé, died earlier today. Pelé was synonymous, not just with Brazilian soccer, but with soccer as a whole. On Twitter soccer legends, athletes, and even world leaders are paying homage to a man who defined the sport as nobody else. Here in Brazil,…