Category Archives: General

Brazil Photo Diary

Originally posted on Unravel Travel:
The beauty of Brazil is hard to deny. It’s picturesque beaches are among the best in the world, it’s home to 60% of the Amazon rainforest and it’s got a distinctive culture which is sure…

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How to choose…

Originally posted on Ber em Brasil:
How in the world do you choose where in Brazil you want to go? The Fulbright program sent me a list of about 60 different federal universities that I could potentially be placed at.…

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Person: Elizabeth Gaskell

Originally posted on of the past:
Date: 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865 Place: Manchester Person: Elizabeth Gaskell What happened: Gaskell’s masterpieces, Mary Barton, which was first published anonymously, and North and South, are vivid accounts of poverty in Manchester and reflect…

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More about humorous campaigns in Brazil

Originally posted on GrazISMA:
This two videos talk about problems related to Rio de Janeiro, a big and also unorganized metropolis of Brazil. This first shows some daily problems which involve citizens and tourists in Rio. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVOQU041u6Q This is a parody…

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Merchant’s Bridge in Catalan Square

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Manchester

Originally posted on Marpessa2:
Put in a shimmy to slip from our neighbour before topping up with water. Left the sanitized safety of New Islington and set the first lock. Privy to plenty of terrifying hearsay about the final Rochdale 9, we were ready…

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Mark Hillary delivers reality check to gringos who moan about Brazil, in self-published book (1/2)

Originally posted on The Displaced Nation:
A little while ago I interviewed Megan Farrell, a fellow gringo in São Paulo, about the book she had written about “exbrat” life in the city. As far as I’m aware, Megan’s was the…

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Couple try to sell baby girl via Facebook

Originally posted on Nigeria News:
Facebook:mobile phone launch? RIO DE JANEIRO  (AFP) – A couple who tried to sell their two-year-old daughter via Facebook has been arrested in the northeastern Brazilian city of Recife, police said Wednesday. A police spokesman…

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Waiting Game // Salford’s Nuclear Bunker

Originally posted on [the salford wall] must be rebuilt:
The Wall, 11 Sep 2013.  Photo A.P Macarte. The Wall, 13 Nov 2013.  Photo Jen Wu. The Wall, 14 Jan 2014.  Photo Jen Wu. SALFORD’S NUCLEAR BUNKER http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=971 Had read this…

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