2 articles
26 May 2026
brazilAmazon Rainforest Travel Guide: Manaus, Jungle Lodges, and What to Actually Expect
Most Amazon visits are based in or near Manaus, a city of 2 million in the middle of the Brazilian rainforest. The jungle starts 90 minutes from the city. What you see depends almost entirely on how deep you go and for how long.
Henrik Vinter
5 February 2026
brazilRio de Janeiro Beyond the Postcard: A Practical First-Timer's Guide
Rio de Janeiro is one of the most beautifully situated cities on earth — granite peaks rising 700m from the Atlantic, Atlantic Forest in the city limits, beaches that curve around the bay like a postcard that happens to be real. It is also a city with stark inequality and street crime concentrated in specific patterns. Both facts exist at the same time. The second one, understood precisely, makes the first one accessible.
Henrik Vinter