Brazil - Cores Do Brasil Vol.2 (Samba) - Various Artists

Backpacking in Brazil

Advantages: breathtaking scenery, beautiful people, lots of fun....
Disadvantages: long, long bus journeys, quite expensive for a backpacker

huge inequalities in the distribution of wealth so as a wealthy tourist you will be a target. However, as long as you are sensible, and I believe, friendly and open to meeting people and getting to know them and their culture I think you should be fine. Distances are long, though and this can eat into your time, there were so many more places we wanted to see, but just couldn't. A flight pass is essential unless you have all the time in the world. Brazil is a stunning country with beautiful people and so much to offer, don't be scared off by the slightly paranoid guide books and the horror stories that people love to tell. What is life for if not taking the chance to do something extraordinary! ...

starman30 13.03.2006 · Read full review
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Review of General: Brazil

Brazil Suspicion Breeds Confidence

Advantages: Bizarre, dark, witty, crafted.
Disadvantages: Confusing, twisted, hang on these are advantages too!

Brazil stands out from the usual crowd of self serving mass produced heartless Hollywood falderal and manages to provoke , entertain, move, amuse , astonish , delight and confuse all in the first five minutes, and then it proceeds to get better and better. You can probably tell already, I quite like this film, this is going to be a five star review and is going to contain a fair few superlatives, but the film really does deserve mine and your enthusiasm. It is a rare gem of celluloid fancy and this is why you need to watch it. Its directed by the American ex-Monty Python member and one time animator of giant hedgehogs, Terry Gilliam, and anyone familiar with his other work (Jabberwocky, Twelve Monkeys, The Fisher King, Time Bandits, Baron Munchausen etc.) will recognise his perculiar flare for the visual and his dark humour, but as ...

Raybid 10.07.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Brazil (DVD)

Paradise beach resort in Brazil

Advantages: Beautiful, charming, sophisticated beach resort
Disadvantages: Other than getting there - none really.

You may notice from my 'ciao' name that I have some interest in Búzios and this is because it is my second home, or to be more precise, my holiday home as we own a holiday house there and our family visit every year. I therefore feel well qualified to comment on it as a holiday destination and will try not to be too biased. Búzios (the town's full name is Armação de Búzios) sits on the tip of a long, beach-rich peninsula jutting out into the clear blue Atlantic just 2 hours drive north of Rio de Janeiro. Until the 1960s Búzios was a small, sleepy fishing village. Then Brigitte Bardot stumbled upon it's sandy beaches in 1964, and in the years since the little town has used the publicity to turn itself into one of Brazil's top beach resorts. On summer holiday weekends the town is packed with Brazilians on vacation, many Carioca ...

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Review of Buzios - Brazil