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10 Tips to Improve Any Trip to Brazil

"Brazil, a place where batucada and jazz, beach and jungle, and bikinis and Jesus coexist peacefully, seems to lie on a planet of its own." [...]

10 Travel Risks NOT Worth Taking

Although travel is fundamentally safe, certain choices simply lack the reward to justify the risk.  [...]

Have You Checked Out the New Traveler’s Notebook?

Check out our new look, features, and place in the Matador Travel Network.  [...]

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