Beyond the clichés
July 31, 2016
Rio is the word on everyone’s lips right now – but there is more to Brazil than Ipanema beach, Sugarloaf Mountain and the Art Deco landmark of the Christ the Redeemer statue. The country’s attractions are many and diverse, from the vast natural wonder of the Amazon rainforest to 16th-century colonial cities [...]

Born Trippy
October 2015
This was once some of the most coveted coastline on the planet. Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, the French, Dutch and Portuguese clashed, conquered and colonised the stretch of Brazil wedged between the mouth of the Amazon and the north-eastern shoulder of South America. [...]

Add the reef to the South American rainforest
September 22, 2007
It’s not just in Rio that a beach break can make the perfect end to a Latin American holiday. Imagine a solitary hammock strung between two palms; bleached-white powdery sand; silver fish leaping out of an azure sea. Where are you ? [...]

Pick the world's new wonders
June 16, 2007
An ancient list is being updated, through a modern worldwide poll. Michelle Jana Chan looks at the 21 contenders. On July 7, there will be a new version of the Seven Wonders of the World, a list that has always captured the imagination of travellers. [...]

Brazil : embers of empire
July 23, 2005
Concluding her series, Michelle Jana Chan finds the land of the carefree carnival still coming to terms with the legacy of Portuguese rule. Long before Britannia ruled the waves, Portugal had established a global empire stretching from Madeira to Macau and Mozambique. [...]