South America Living

Brazil is the largest country in South America with 7,491 km/4,655 miles of coastline and as famous for its flair (don’t miss a Carnival celebration if visiting in February or [...]

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Masha Silko. Rio de Janeiro is the South American city known for the largest celebration of Carnival in the world. The Carnival [...]

Ilha Grande (The Big Ilsand in English) is around 180 km (112 miles) off the coast of Brazil, and is 3 1/2 – 4 hours from Rio de Janeiro (see [...]

Rio de Janeiro is a city where the fun just doesn’t stop. All-night beachside clubs, trekking in the world’s largest urban forest, to marveling at some of the country’s more [...]

In Brazil dance schools can be found in every city from Recife, Maceio and Salvador de Bahia in the Northeast to Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Porto Alegre in [...]

A list of public holidays in Brazil. The Portuguese name is in parenthesis. The extent of which normal buisness operations will be affected depends on where you are living or [...]

Iguazu Falls National Park (“Parque Nacional Iguazú” in Spanish) – home of the spectacular Iguazu Falls - can be visited from either Puerto Iguazú, Argentina or Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil. [...]