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• Rio de Janeiro Highway Construction Stopped After Discovery of Rare Frog Species

  
  ShoppingBlog.com — Authority: 547
  The construction of a major highway around the city of Rio de Janeiro has been partly stopped due to the discovery of a small frog under threat of extinction. The planned superhighway goes straight through a forest that is home to 30 species of amphibians and numerous other animals. This is the only place on earth ...
  1 week ago

• Driving in Brazil (RJ)

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 633
  We are considering renting a car and driving from Rio de Janeiro to Paraty and back. Advice? My S.O. and I will be in Brazil for the next week or so. We are staying in Rio, but for the last few days of our trip, we plan to spend time in Paraty. Weve been thinking that we might rent a car and drive there from Rio, ...
  1 week ago

• Air France Airbus hits severe turbulence 10 miles from doomed aircraft location

  
  Gadling — Authority: 698
  Filed under: France , Brazil , Airlines Here is a scary piece of aviation mystery - On November 29th, Air France flight 445 from Paris to Rio had to make an emergency descent after hitting severe turbulence. Now, bad turbulence is something any air passenger will have to deal with at least once in their life. ...
  1 week ago

• Air France Airbus hits severe turbulance 10 miles from doomed aircraft location

  
  Gadling — Authority: 698
  Filed under: France , Brazil , Airlines Here is a scary piece of aviation mystery - On November 29th, Air France flight 445 from Paris to Rio had to make an emergency descent after hitting severe turbulence. Now, bad turbulence is something any air passenger will have to deal with at least once in their life. ...
  1 week ago

• Worlds Largest Floating Christmas Tree: No wimpy Charlie Brown tree for Brazil

  
  Gadling — Authority: 698
  Filed under: Arts and Culture , Festivals and Events , South America , Brazil The question is: who puts the star at the top? Its an head-scratching combination. Sure, if you have the mountains that Rio de Janeiro has, placing a Christ the Redeemer statue on top is only natural. But placing a huge Christmas ...
  2 weeks ago

• Flamengo win Brazilian Serie A

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 155
  Flamengo have won the 2009 Brazilian championship in dramatic fashion as the Rio de Janeiro needed to come back from behind to beat Gremio 2-1 and defend their top spot on the final day of the season. Gremio initially appeared to ruin Flamengo’s party at Roberson put the away side in the lead on 21 minutes. But ...
  2 weeks ago

• Record numbers to cruise in 2010

  
  Captain Greybeard - Travel Advice - Mirror.co.uk — Authority: 125
  Bill Gibbons, director of the UKs Passenger Shipping Association, must have liked what he saw on board Oasis of the Seas in Florida last week, because he is now predicting that a record number of Brits will take cruise holidays in 2010. He expects the number - which has outpaced growth in all other holiday sectors - ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rio Treasure Hunt

  
  Intelligent Travel Blog — Authority: 134
  Lawrence Ferber shares some of his favorite finds from his recent visit to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil. Call her Lady Rumpelstiltskin. Actually, strike that, Rump was a nasty little thug. But Rio-based jewelry designer Meire Bonadio does indeed spin organic straw to make eco-friendly golden jewelry and ...
  3 weeks ago

• World Cup win would be icing on Dunga´s cake

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 155
  A World Cup win in South Africa would put the icing on the cake for coach Dunga, under whose stewardship Brazil have been looking a strong bet for a sixth title. As a player Dunga already has a winners medal from 1994 when he lifted the trophy as skipper. But now he is gradually homing in on the remaining ...
  3 weeks ago

• Coconuts banned on Rio de Janeiro beaches

  
  Gadling — Authority: 698
  Filed under: Food and Drink , South America , Brazil If its your dream to go to Rio de Janeiro, and walk Copacabana Beach while drinking from a coconut, heres a reality check for you: you have to nix the coconut. Starting December 1st, coconuts will be banned from being sold by beach vendors in an effort to ...
  3 weeks ago

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