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BBC Brazil with Michael Palin Part 3 - The Road to Rio
On this leg of his trip Michael Palin starts in the mineral-rich state of Minais Gerais, visiting an old gold mine and an opencast iron ore mine, which is fuelling Brazil's current economic boom. He continues to Rio, host to the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, where he spends some time in the fave... Read more»
BBC Brazil with Michael Palin Part 2: The Amazon
In the second programme, Michael Palin travels by riverboat along the mighty Amazon River, upstream from the mouth at Belém to Manaus, watching ribeirinhos pass their day and visiting remote tribes to see how the modern world has impacted their tradition and culture. He also visits Manaus and Brasil... Read more»
BBC Brazil with Michael Palin Part 1 - North-east Brazil
In his first programme Michael travels to the far north of Brazil including the colonial city of São Luis before visiting the vast sand dunes and blue lagoons of the ever changing Lençois Maranhenses National Park. He also visits Recife and Olinda, learns to drum, cook and dance capoeira in Salvador... Read more»
Autumn Newsletter October 2012
Welcome to our autumn newsletter, the first after Olympic fever gripped the nation and we decided to run a Latin American Medal Table (with Brazil the eventual winners). By the way, if you are considering Rio 2016 then do let us know - we have already compiled a fact sheet on the practicalities whic... Read more»
Walking into a postcard - Jonny in Cuba
In June I was lucky enough to travel to the island of Cuba, famed for its cigars, vintage cars and of course the iconic figures of Che and Fidel. It was somewhere I had always wanted to visit, and I was keen to discover if the romantic image I had in my head of the island (helped by Graham Greene’s... Read more»
Pura Vida: Claire's adventures in Costa Rica
“Pura Vida”, Costa Rica’s most relentlessly-used phrase, literally meaning ‘pure life’ but seemingly appropriate as any positive response in any given circumstance. Whilst mildly grating by day three for the more cynical among us, the phrase and its usage does sum up quite nicely not only the abunda... Read more»
Chris Moss with the gauchos in Argentina
Chris Moss travelled to Argentina, re-visiting the Pampas to marvel at the gauchos and stay at some of the most authentic estancias close to Buenos Aires. Estancias are traditionally family country ranches where one is usually looked after by the owners and the asado is a lunch time tradition. Ga... Read more»
John Gimlette in Peru
John Gimlette wrote about the new Orient-Express property, Palacio Nazarenas, in the FT this Saturday. After acclimatising in Cusco, John began an intrepid trek along original Inca footpaths of the Lares valley, with challenging hiking yet comfortable camping. The trek was fully supported with guide... Read more»
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