Archives for September 2010

Brasilia is an unusual city. It was planned from scratch to be the new capital of Brazil (replacing Rio de Janeiro, which had filled that role since 1763). Brasilia was built in a whirlwind of activity, starting in 1956, and was inaugurated as the capital in 1960. I'm embarrassed to note … [Read more...]

As in my China notes, I'll simply show some photographs without comment here. It's a beautiful country. If you like what you see here, don't miss the whole gallery at http://photos.stephenandcissa.com/Travel/Brazil2010. Click on any image here to embiggen; on the resulting page, click "X3" or "O" (Original) to embiggen even more! … [Read more...]

Brazilians don't seem to express much of their personality through their automobiles. A photograph of one of Sao Paulo's monstrous traffic jams could easily be mistaken for black and white film. … [Read more...]

São Paulo is mind-bogglingly enormous. (Click on the panorama … [Read more...]

Brazil feels like a European country that was accidentally misplaced into the tropics. … [Read more...]