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Brazil Travel Podcast with Rafael Costa

Rafael Costa

Brazil is the largest country in South America, and travelling here means moving between Atlantic coast, tropical lowlands, and the temperate south. The show explores that range one place at a time, looking at how weather, language and routine change from one region to another. It is a place of urban density and open wetland.

Each stretch of the series is anchored somewhere real: São Paulo, Brasília, Recife and Porto Alegre. He also spends time in the Pantanal, where the seasonal flood changes the land and the living. These are places with distinct histories, not just stops on a route.

The show unfolds slowly. He returns to places across seasons, watching how the Pantanal fills and drains and how a neighbourhood changes between a first visit and a later one. Over months, a place stops being a background and starts to be understood. Knowledge accumulates in ordinary details.

Rafael Costa lives in Brazil and stays for two years, moving between cities, coastlines and smaller towns on a route that follows the seasons. Not a week-long visit — Rafael is there in every kind of weather, working out where to eat on an ordinary Tuesday, which train to take, what a festival actually feels like from the pavement.

A new episode arrives every day. Each one is short and specific: one neighbourhood, one journey, one meal, one museum worth the detour — with the practical detail that matters. What it costs. When it closes. Whether the queue is worth it. What to do when it rains. Every episode carries a full transcript and chapter markers.

Part of Paris2Tokyo — one show for each of the world's hundred most-visited countries. Made for travelers, wherever you are going next.

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Episodes5

  • Yesterday · 9 min

    The Border Market and a Quiet Return

    Rafael crosses the Friendship Bridge into Ciudad del Este for a border-market day, navigates the hustle with a local friend, and comes back to Foz for a quiet evening and a final caipirinha hunt.

  • Tuesday · 8 min

    The Quiet Pulse of the Triple Frontier

    Rafael spends a slower winter day in Foz do Iguaçu, chasing the perfect caipirinha, wandering through the Jardim América district, and getting his paperwork sorted. He also checks on the Itaipu Dam's wildlife refuge and reflects on the city's unique bord…

  • Monday · 9 min

    The Falls From Above and a Border Town Sunday

    Rafael takes the helicopter ride over Iguazu Falls, explores the quiet winter streets of Foz do Iguaçu, and digs into the practicalities and costs of living in a border hub. He checks on the Macuco Safari reopening and plans his next move.

  • Sunday · 7 min

    The Dam, the Birds, and the Border

    Rafael spends his second day in Foz do Iguaçu exploring the Itaipu Dam, getting a taste of the bird park's rehabilitating magic, and soaking in the triple frontier's unique vibe. He also gets down to the nitty-gritty of banking and SIM cards, because eve…

  • Saturday · 8 min

    Crossing Into Brazil: First Steps in Foz do Iguaçu

    Rafael Costa lands in Brazil via the Tancredo Neves Bridge and spends his first day in Foz do Iguaçu—getting a CPF, buying a SIM, and taking in the thunder of Iguazu Falls from the Brazilian side. Practical costs, winter weather, and the triple frontier'…