BEACHES: Brazil Best And Worst Beaches Make The News
20 Thursday Sep 2012
Posted in BEACHES:, CITIES: Recife, CITIES: Rio
Category Archives: CITIES: Recife
PHOTOS: Boa Viagem Beach – Recife, Brazil
28 Friday May 2010
Posted in CITIES: Recife, PHOTOS:
Boa Viagem Beach - Recife, Brazil
Photos Boa Viagem Beach – Recife Brazil
A gringo in Olinda: The Tramways of Recife
28 Sunday Mar 2010
Posted in CITIES: Recife
History of Trams and Railroads in Recife
Gringo’s Blog has lots of info for anyone interested in the Recife/Olinda area or who just wants to have a better understanding of the NE of Brazil.
NEW BLOG: Wickets & Guayaba
31 Thursday Dec 2009
Posted in BLOGS & LINKS:, CITIES: Recife
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Blog, Brazil, expat, Pernambuco, Recife
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| Hi, and thanks for stopping by. This is just a blog for me to write about whatever I feel like writing about, and linking whatever I find interesting. Maybe keep a daily journal, I dunno.
* Daniel has been around for awhile. He is NOT new, nor is the Blog. I thought I had added him, but recently was going over my Blog Roll and realized he had not been added. Then today he contacted me! My error; error corrected. Daniel is in the State of Pernambuco (the city of Garanhuns). |
NEW BLOG: Zerotres – Recife
29 Friday May 2009
Posted in BLOGS & LINKS:, CITIES: Recife
WORLD CUP 2014: The Cities
29 Friday May 2009
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2014, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Brazil, cities, Cuiaba, curitiba, football, Fortaleza, futebol, Manaus, Natal, Recife, rio de janeiro., Salvador, Sao Paulo, soccer, WORLD CUP 2014:
World Cup Brazil 2014
Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo
Belo Horizonte
Porto Alegre
Curitiba
Brasília
Cuiabá
Manaus
Fortaleza
Salvador
Recife
Natal
The final will be played in Rio.
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HISTORY: First Jews in the Americas
02 Thursday Apr 2009
Posted in CITIES: Recife, HISTORY:
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Americas, Brazil, Dutch, first Jews to NYC, HISTORY:, Jewish history, Jews, New Amsterdam, new world, New York City, Recife
- Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL – GATEWAY TO NEW YORK
350 YEARS AGO (1654) – A historic journey from
RECIFE, BRAZIL to NEW AMSTERDAM (NEW YORK)
The origins of the first Jewish community of North America
The history of early American Jews is intimately connected with that of Brazilian Jewry. The first organized Jewish community in the Western Hemisphere traced its roots to Recife, Brazil. That community’s existence ended on January 26, 1654, when the Dutch people of Brazil signed a Capitulation agreement that returned the South American territory that they had occupied for nearly 25 years to the Portuguese “Liberation” forces. Between 1645 and 1654, the Jewish population in Brazil declined from a peak of 1,450 to 600 due to the continuous fighting between the Dutch and the Portuguese, the loss of trade, economic adversity, and the impending threat of religious intolerance.
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CITIES: Recife – Basic Travel Info
22 Sunday Mar 2009
Posted in CITIES: Recife
Recife
Here are links to sites that have information about Recife. I’ve never been there. My wife, family members and friends have been to Porto de Galinhas; the beach resorts area South of Recife about 70 km. Brazilians tend to fly in, get picked up at the airport and head straight to the beaches.
I have an exPeace Corps friend whose wife is from Recife and they split there time between Recife and the States. Some people love Recife; others don’t like it at all.
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> Arrival Informatoin for Recife
> Recife Guide – Brit in Recife
CARNIVAL: Brazil 2009
24 Tuesday Feb 2009
Posted in CARNIVAL:, CITIES: Recife, CITIES: Salvador
Here are a few blogs/sites that have information about Carnival in Salvardor, Recife and São Paulo.
After 20 some years here Carnival does not spark the same interet in me that it did back in the “old days”, when it was less commerical and more up close and personal…as they say. It has become a huge event and so expensive that the local governments had to step in this year and ‘bail out’ the samba school in Rio as several private companies that usually sponsor schools backed out due to the worldwide meltdown.
It is still mind boggling and without a doubt you gotta see and participate at least once in your life. Kind of like the Devil’s Mecca.
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> Portuguese Blog – São Paulo and Recife
TRAVEL BRAZIL-AIR: New Airline – Azul
07 Sunday Dec 2008
Posted in CITIES: Manaus, CITIES: Recife, CITIES: Salvador, CITIES: São Paulo, TRAVEL-AIR:
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airline, azul, Brazil, brazilian airlines, cheap flights, curitiba, Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras, new, Porto Alegre, Recife, Salvador, Vitoria
Azul Airlines of Brazil
The new airline, Azul, has begun selling tickets via the internet; however, flights will not begin until January . This is the low-cost airline started by the founder of JetBlue in the USA.
18 Feb 09, it will have flights from São Paulo-Campinas (VCP) to:
- Curitiba
- Manaus (new Apr 09)
- Porto Alegre
- Salvador
- Recife
- Vitoria
UPDATE: 17 July 09
“Evaluation of my first travel experience with Azul Brazilian Airlines, a young and innovative airline using Embraer´s 190 and 195 jets.” by BrazilBusiness click here
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WORKING IN BRAZIL: Why Gringos Return Home After Six Months
17 Friday Oct 2008
Posted in CITIES: Recife, WORKING IN BRAZIL:
People in Recife signing up for test for government jobs – Jan 08
There were 5,000+ positions for 61 professional government jobs!
Over at “The Lion’s Den” Blog, there is an entry today explaining why gringos end up returning home.
Read it, if you are considering moving to Brazil. It might save you a world of hurt.
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