Riowakening

Brazil through an Australian's eyes

Saudade is Brazil's way to say I miss you heaps in a single word

My eyes had been popping out of my head all week. Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf Mountain, Dois Irmaos, Ipanema Beach - Rio de Janeiro...

After over a year and much blood, sweat and tears, or more realistically, sun, sand and samba, enough Brazilian Portuguese has seeped...

If you’re thinking of coming on a holiday to Brazil and Rio it's a great life choice to make, believe me. There can be a lot to get...

You lose part of yourself when you try talk in another language. That quick wit, an off the cuff observation, a complex thought, jokes,...

Walking through a Rio de Janeiro favela I was told by my resident guide that the order from the most senior gangsters is to not lay a...

You can practically feel the sun and samba beats bursting out of Brazilians mouths. Yet when the coolest and sexiest accents in the...

The question wasn't why would I come to Rio it was why wouldn't I? Here I was, a stereotypical monolingual English-speaking dude. I had...