"Terra Brasilis" a Brazil Travel Page by martinelli

I've been living in Oslo for almost a year now and can't barely put myself together to re-write my VT-pages after the big transformation. So be patient. My best stuff are hidden in my travel logues.

Here's a small map for you

LOGUES:

<b>Xingu - The First Dream </b>

- some notes about my first and only travel to Xingu, the indigenous reservation.

<b>CACHOEIRA 2001 </b>

- The Reconcavo region, in Bahia, one of my favourite. Check my adventures in the whereabouts...

<b>MACHADO DE ASSIS </b>

- My favourite Brazilian writer and a small bite...

<b>FRUITS </b>

- The ultimate guide for tropical fruits, with illustration and tips.

<b>BRAZILIAN ANIMALS </b>

- So that you don't stick you foot in your mouth by asking a local where you can hire an elephant...

<b>SERTAO </b>

- Brazil is more than beach and forests. Check the morbid beauty of the dry areas.

<b>ISLANDS! HERE HERE! </b>

- Everyone has their islands. Here are mine. (Focus on Bahia state, some quick tips about islands elsewhere)

<b> PAINTERS </b>

- Brazilian painters. What? If you're coming to my country just for the tiny bikinis, you're a piece of log.

<b>GO CHEESY! </b>

- Now, how would you ever guess Brazil has its own traditional cheese?

<b>Hospitality </b>

- The way we are...

<b> BOOKS </b>

- Forget Paulo Coelho crap, this is what you should get if you want to bring a written souvenir from Brazil.

<b>VIOLENCE </b>

- Testimony of a violent incident I happened to be witness and victim of.

<b>JUNE FESTIVITIES </b>

- We do have entertainment during winter! So if you only now realised your beach plans have gone down the (d)rain, I might just save your life...

<b>NIGHTLIFE GLOSSARY </b>

- Wise monkeys know the climb.

<b>FOOTBALL </b>

- Not to sound redundant... Here's a brief of our passion.

<b>BRAZILIAN SAYINGS - CARDS </b>

- Here are some rough made cards with some brazilian sayings and their translations. Quite funny, if you ask me. Want to know something about a culture? Learn some sayings...

<b>FOOTBALL </b>

- And more...

<b>CHAPADA DIAMANTINA </b>

- (Still working on that one) Chapada Diamantina.... the wonderful diamond mountains in the core of Bahia.

<b>AYRTON SENNA </b>

- Our Formula 1 star and national hero.

<b>BRAZIL PENTAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! </b>

- What? If I like football?

<b>MONSTERS </b>

- Some monsters and fantastic creatures of the Brazilian imaginary.

<b>CINEMA - The Brazooka Way </b>

- Then again, if you came just for the bikinis...

<b>MUSIC - know what to buy </b>

- To avoid going through the embaressement of saying "***e, you TOO bought that Sergio Mendes crap and think it's the brazilian sould you got on you... "

<b>LYRICS -
CHILDREN SONGS AND LULLABIES </b>

- Inspired by a post, a long time ago...

<b>A Meal In Brazil July, 2002 </b>

- Silly and true verses written by good ol' me. ;)

<b>BASIC VOCABULARY </b>

- Careful! When you buy your phrase book, try your best not to get one with Portuguese from Portugal. That can easily get you into trouble...

- That was it for now. More specific Logues inside my Salvador, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia pages... -

PS:

<img src="http://www.gayencounters.com/icons/flags/prideflg.gif"> , in my pages, indicates when a place is friendly to homossexual activity. If there is no such flag beside a tip, that means it's friendly but kissing is not ok (according to the opinion and behavior of my gay friends). If the place is homophobic, I'll let you know.
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