Destination: Brazil

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Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news

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Beauty Amid Ugliness

What the simple act of taking lots of photos in Sao Paulo revealed to Rob Verger

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Confessions of a Focus Group Traveler

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When LiAnne Yu visits other countries, she watches people from behind a one-way mirror. She now knows which cultures prefer jeans that accentuate curvy butts.

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Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news

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Copacabana: ‘Unknowingly Retro ... Deliciously Original’

It’s also Ground Zero for dog hairdressers, according to Jon Lee Anderson. His compelling take on Copacabana and Rio de Janeiro is in the Financial Times:

That’s the Copacabana I see, anyway, a place full of ordinary people and chancers, too; a bit tawdry and unknowingly retro, and, therefore, deliciously original. To a large extent, this description also applies to Rio at large. At a time when so many other cities in the world have seen radical makeovers to adopt the cloned look of homogeneous urban modernity, Rio is still refreshingly eclectic and chaotic, so enveloped in its own self-indulgent, sometimes desperate but radiant reality, too, that it seems to inhabit its own time capsule.


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The Sweetness of Brazil

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In the World Heritage city of Ouro Preto, on Brazil's fine appreciation of life's everyday gifts

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World Travel Watch: Crime in Bali, Burj Dubai and Machu Picchu Re-Open, and More

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World Travel Watch: Dengue Fever in Brazil, Strikes Across Europe and More

Larry Habegger rounds up global travel news

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Rock the Favela

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In an excerpt from the book "Culture is Our Weapon," Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso explores the power of AfroReggae in Rio

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Photo You Must See: The Colors of Carnival in Rio

Photo You Must See: The Colors of Carnival in Rio REUTERS/Bruno Domingos

A brightly-dressed reveller joins in a carnival parade in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, this weekend.

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Did Airport Security Ruin Chicago’s Olympic Bid?

Did Airport Security Ruin Chicago’s Olympic Bid? Photo by David Paul Ohmer via Flickr (Creative Commons)
Photo by David Paul Ohmer via Flickr (Creative Commons)

Michelle Higgins ponders the impact of U.S. border control policies on Chicago’s failed bid for the 2016 Summer Games. For my part, I suppose that could have been a factor—remember the visitor shortfall in Beijing after China tightened its visa restrictions—but beyond any specific considerations, I’m just not sure about the assumption that 2016 was Chicago’s to lose. After all, the United States has already hosted the Olympics eight times, while Rio’s winning bid will mean the first Games ever on South American soil. It’s about time, isn’t it?


Travel Song of the Day: ‘Changes’ by Seu Jorge


Gangs and the New Yorker in Rio’s Favelas

Jon Lee Anderson’s story Gangland from the latest issue of the New Yorker isn’t online, but the magazine did post a stunning audio slideshow with photos by Joao Pina.

We posted Rob Verger’s slideshow about tourism in Rio’s favelas last June.