Presenting The Global New Year’s Eve 2000
when you just have to be in the heart of the action A surprising number of major cities–Moscow, Rome, Washington, and Tokyo among them–haven’t set […]
Guide To Spas & Retreats
(19) Chapada dos Veadeiros Brazil’s New Age paradise But it may be the natural beauty that does the most for your peace of mind. Absorb […]
Dirving Cabs While Traveling
Happy cab rides are all alike; every unhappy cab ride, however, is unhappy in its own way. In Prague I learned from expensive experience that […]
Travelling to the Island of Fernando de Noronha
Off the coast of Brazil there’s an island so protected only a lucky few are allowed to experience it. Those who do, have Fernando de […]
Brazilian Capoeira
To attract less-acrobatic types, Miami Beach’s Crunch Fitness (1259 Washington Ave.; 305/674-8222) and New York’s Chelsea Piers (W. 23rd St. at West Side Hwy.; 212/336-6000) […]
Creating a Hotspot
Why is Brazil the fashion world’s current object of affection?Lucie Young hits the runways—and streets—of São Paulo to see what’s up After a decade of […]
Rio de Janeiro-Brazilian Backcountry
Far from the thick Amazon rain forest, the African influence of Bahia, and Rio de Janeiro‘s sunbaked sands is yet another Brazil. As Douglas Wissing […]
Live In Salvador da Bahia
Bahia, the spiritual center of Brazil, emerges from obscurity with a spruced-up colonial quarter and a powerful backbeat IT SEEMS ONLY RIGHT THAT THE FIRST […]