The dogs are the first to welcome us. As the pilot, Francisco, eases our plane to a halt at the end of the bumpy grass runway, they race towards us, roused to a frenzy of barking and capering by th...
It is mid-winter in Brazil and the temperatures are down around 30 degrees Celsius. Which makes a very pleasant climate for the festivities that take place all over the country at this time under t...
The Vale das Pedrinhas, the 'Valley of Small Stones', is an appropriate name, perhaps, for one of the poorer neighbourhoods of Salvador. It's an untidy mess of buildings in various stages of constr...
Fábio Sombra is a man who lives, breathes and encapsulates Rio de Janeiro. He's a writer, artist, magician, musician and gourmet. And he still lives with his mother. A day in Fábio's company is a d...
Michael explores this exotic country that is now a global superpower, and takes a closer look at a remarkable new force on the world scene.
