Brazil Blog
About this blog
Thrill of Brazil is a travel blog all about Brazil written by Moon Brazil author Michael Sommers. Michael blogs about Brazil travel, culture, and more. He welcomes questions, comments, and story ideas.
Recent Posts
- Care for a Drink with your Film? (or a Film with your Drink?)
- Brazil’s Homegrown Tourism Boom
- Brazil's Best and Write-est
- Making House Calls in Rio (Part II)
- Making House Calls in Rio (Part I)
- The Dawning of Brazil's B&B Age
- Rio's Alternative Points of View
- Taxi Trouble in Santa Teresa
- Obamas Take to the Campaign Trail in Brazil
- Plans and Punctuality
- Reliving Tropicalismo - On and Off Screen
- Food and Lodging that Make the Grade
- The Making of Moon Living Abroad in Brazil
- U.S. is Number One Source of Immigrants to Brazil
- Best English-Language Blogs about Brazil
On the Go with a Baby in Brazil (Part I)
In late March of this year, I received a comment on this blog from Marissa Cortes, a young woman from New York who was traveling through Brazil for several months with her 10-month old daughter Lulu.
I was impressed by Marissa’s spirit of adventure (not to mention her guts) and eager to hear about her exploits. Although she kindly steered me to her blog, travelswithlulu.com – which was full of insightful observations and great photos – I also got Marissa to promise that, after it was all over, she would share some of her travel stories with readers of “Thrill of Brazil”. more >>
Trolley Service Suspended after Tragic Accident in Rio's Santa Teresa
One of Rio de Janeiro’s oldest and most charming neighborhoods is the bucolic hillside bairro of Santa Teresa , whose gracious villas and winding cobblestoned streets gaze out over the blue waters of the Baía de Guanabara. more >>
Off the Beaten Sands: A Trio of Undiscovered Brazilian Beaches
With 8,000 km of coastline, Brazil has no shortage of beautiful beaches. Traditionally those in the Northeast – stretching north from Bahia up to Maranhão – have been the least developed (not to mention the most spectacular). However, as Brazil’s economy has experienced major growth, the Northeast (once Brazil’s poorest region) has witnessed the biggest boom. The consequences for its previously untouched coastline have included rapid and rampant development coupled with an influx of national, and international tourists seeking the next idyllically undiscovered place in the sun (which shines very abundantly in the Northeast). more >>
Reflections on Living in Brazil - Part Two
A couple of weeks ago I received a comment from a reader, “flyingturtle,” who confessed that she and her husband were interested in:
1. Visiting Brazil
2. Considering maybe even moving to Brazil somewhere down the line.
She asked if I could write a post about “Quality of Life/Living in Brazil.” In my response, I promised her that I would since I think the topic is a particularly rich one – dauntingly rich, in fact, for the scope of a single blog post (for this reason, I’m dividing this into a two-parter; Part 2 of which will focus on “Quality of Life” (click here for Part I, which discusses “Living in Brazil”):
Quality of Life more >>
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