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Getting Around Curitiba: Taxis
Orange Colour Taxis. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) So you have decided not to risk life and limb by walking to your destination. Your next idea is to get a taxi. Good luck with that. Getting a taxi In...
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Curitiba and its Bipolar Weather
Could have been taken in Brazil (Wikipedia) It was cold here in Curitiba a couple of weeks ago. And I mean really cold. On one night it got down to -3! And it snowed! That’s how cold it was. It...
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My Little Part of Curitiba
I live in the city of Curitiba in the state of Paraná in the south of Brazil. It is a relatively prosperous city and also quite organised. In the last 30 years the city has expanded at a phenomenal...
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Ilha do Mel: Curitiba’s Best Beach
Alfredo Andersen – Ilha do Mel (Wikipedia) Ok, so it isn’t really Curitiba’s best beach, but that is because Curitiba doesn’t have any beaches seeing as how it is up on a plateau about 1, 000m above...
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7 Things Curitiba Gets Completely Right
Curitiba’s flag kind of reminds me of another one I know well. (Wikipedia) I have been living in Curitiba for a while now and, while it might not be the best city in the world it certainly has a lot...
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6 Things Curitiba Gets Completely Wrong
Curitiba’s coat of arms (Wikipedia) Last week I sang the praises of my adopted city by looking at 7 things it gets completely right. In the pursuit of balance, here are 6 things that Curitiba gets...
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Carnival in Curitiba: Zombie Walk
Ready for the Zombie Walk We don’t do carnival in Curitiba. We have a couple of pre-carnival days a couple of weeks before the big holiday, but from the Friday before carnival the vast majority of...
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22 Things You’ll Never Hear Somebody From Curitiba Say
Araucaria pine tree, a symbol of Curitiba by Willian Menq CC BY-NC 2.0 1. What this city needs is another shopping mall. 2. This holiday weekend, what I’d really love to do is sit in a traffic jam for...
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My Little Part of Curitiba
I live in the city of Curitiba in the state of Paraná in the south of Brazil. It is a relatively prosperous city and also quite organised. In the last 30 years the city has expanded at a phenomenal...
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Ilha do Mel: Curitiba’s Best Beach
Alfredo Andersen – Ilha do Mel (Wikipedia) Ok, so it isn’t really Curitiba’s best beach, but that is because Curitiba doesn’t have any beaches seeing as how it is up on a plateau about 1, 000m above...
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