Your tips for safe traveling in Brazil? [more inside]
posted by sharkfu on Jun 17, 2009 - 12 answers

Big fan of Brazilian Baile Funk - Can you recommend me US baile funk? [more inside]
posted by yoyo_nyc on May 3, 2009 - 2 answers

Rio-Paraty-Sao Paulo. March 11-21. Recommendations? [more inside]
posted by billtron on Feb 27, 2009 - 8 answers

How do I get a broken Rio Carbon MP3 player fixed? [more inside]
posted by Jennifer S. on Jan 28, 2009 - 7 answers

Staying in Rio de Janeiro for five days, starting this Saturday (Nov. 8). Forecast looks like a lot of rain and cloudy days. Looking for suggestions for activities not exposed to a downpour. [more inside]
posted by zephyrian on Nov 4, 2008 - 6 answers

When the Diamond Rio PMP300 portable MP3 player came out, it had a bonus CD of songs, but they were lacking metadata. One of the songs was simply "vertigo.mp3". I really liked that song, but I cannot find who the artist was. Help?
posted by bryanjbusch on Dec 18, 2007 - 9 answers

Despite the recent corruption scandals in Brazil, for the first time since the 1970s, the country is finally showing signs that it is worthy of comparison with its BRIC counterparts. Inflation, the bane of the 1990s, has finally been largely reigned under control, interest rates have fallen to their lowest in living memory, the Brazilian Real continues to rise against the US dollar and BOVESPA - Latin America's largest and busiest stock exchange - continues to grow from strength to strength. [more inside]
posted by Zé Pequeno on Oct 19, 2007 - 7 answers

Rio Carnival Filter We're attending Carnival next year and would like to know the best way to get tickets to the parade at the Sambodromo. [more inside]
posted by spifl on Sep 16, 2007 - 1 answer

GadgetFilter: Find me an MP3 player! Yes, another MP3 player question. [more inside]
posted by SpacemanRed on Sep 13, 2007 - 12 answers

Rio accommodation suggestions? [more inside]
posted by agent99 on Jul 31, 2007 - 6 answers

I'm a student and will be staying in Rio de Janeiro for 1.5 months this summer and need to find an apartment! What are good ways to find a decent apartment (or room in a shared apartment) in Rio without being gouged? [more inside]
posted by fdhidalgo on Jun 27, 2007 - 3 answers

I am going to Rio de janeiro, Brazil next week for a 4 day vacation. I am not quite prepared for this and welcome advice on what to do, where to stay and how to keep safe while I am there.
posted by blueyellow on Apr 6, 2005 - 13 answers