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Is Rio de Janeiro an overrated travel destination?

Rio de Janeiro is one of the most-visited cities in the Southern Hemisphere, but is it an overrated travel destination? In my tenth letter to my son, I wrote about the good and the bad of Brazil’s fabled oceanside city.

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Are you hardcore enough for a trip to the Amazon rainforest?

A trip to the Amazon rainforest is not for the faint of heart. In my third letter to my son, I write about both the awesome and the difficult aspects of a trip to the Amazon rainforest, Brazil.