Jamie Ather’s Unexpected Brazil Booking and the Journey That Followed
Jamie Ather's unexpected trip began with an email confirmation he had not expected to receive. After a night out in Glasgow, he discover...
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Brazil: Stories & Places to Explore
Plan a balanced Rio de Janeiro visit with mountain views, beach walks and neighbourhood time, without squeezing everything into one rushed day. Discover the golden lancehead of Ilha da Queimada Grande, separate sensational myths from conservation science and understand why the island is protected.
Start with Rio de Janeiro: A First Visit with Time for the City and Brazil’s Snake Island: The Real Story of Ilha da Queimada Grande.
The Water-Powered Motorcycle Claim: Where the Energy Comes From
The promise sounded irresistible: a motorcycle travelling hundreds of kilometres on a litre of water. In 2015, a video of Brazilian inventor...
Rio de Janeiro in Timelapse: Mountains, City Lights and Changing Skies
A broad city view can contain more than you notice at first: rows of roofs, narrow connections between buildings and changes in texture wher...
Lilica’s Food-Carrying Journey in São Carlos
A dog carrying a bag of food makes a simple, memorable image. In the story that circulated in 2014, Lilica travelled from a junkyard in São ...
Brazil’s Snake Island: The Golden Lancehead and Its Limited Habitat
Ilha da Queimada Grande is usually introduced with a nickname designed to make you stop scrolling: Snake Island. The real story is more inte...
Lee Thompson’s Christ the Redeemer Photograph: The Story behind the View
Lee Thompson’s photograph places a familiar face in an astonishing position: emerging from the top of Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer s...
Rua Gonçalo de Carvalho: Porto Alegre’s Tree-Lined Street
Seen from above, Rua Gonçalo de Carvalho appears as a green line running through the buildings of Porto Alegre. At street level, the effect ...
Rio de Janeiro: Beaches, Mountain Views and City Life
Rio de Janeiro gives you several cities in one view: a curve of beach, dense streets, forested slopes and a mountain rising out of the bay. ...