Rubber Tapping Amazon Tour |
The biggest problem for the rubber soldiers of the 1940s, their isolation, may offer the biggest attraction for the socially-conscious ecotourist.
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Amazon Tribe: From 1541 to the Mirror of the Moon |
A History Of Amazonia’s Legendary Tribe of Women Warriors, the Amazons
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Brazil Surfing: Life's a Wave |
Surfing is philosophy for instructor Capitão David at Praia do Rosa, Santa Catarina.
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Brazil Whale Watching Tour: the Right Tact to Whale Watching |
BrazilMax goes whale watching of the coast of Santa Catarina.
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Rio de Janeiro Airport: Samba de Transit Lounge |
Businessman John Freivalds thought he was going to Rio de Janeiro for a conference. Instead he was treated to a day in the Cidade Maravilhosa's airport. Among his observations: "The transit lounge was deserted much of the time, but whenever Brazilians came in to wait, they would inevitably come over to sit next to me."
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Madeira-Mamoré: Amazon Railway to Hell |
A threadbare group of volunteers struggles to maintain a century-old railway that cuts through a stretch of the Amazon forest in the state of Rondônia. Shopping mall development threatens a main station. An international movement hopes to turn the Estrada de Ferro Madeira-Mamoré into a true eco-cultural tourist attraction.
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| Letter to Clarice Lispector writer from her boyfriend Maury Gurgel in 1941 (CCBNB Fortaleza) |
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