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TF1 – 50′ inside: Atins présenté par Pierre

Pour nos amis français: Une documentation très classique de notre enchanté Lençóis Maranhenses, le joyau Atins, et l’hôtel de charme La Ferme de Georges. Avec ses paysages à couper le souffle, ses eaux cristallines et ses dunes de sables encore vierges, la côte Nord Est devient LA nouvelle destination au Brésil. Jennifer Lopez, Sharon Stone…

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Lençóis

The Natural History Museum London awarded the prestigious annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards. In the category of young talent, French world traveler Jonathan Jagot (17 years) won the price with his entry taken not in our beloved Lençóis Maranhenses, but the nearby Ilha dos Lençóis. The red (or scarlet) ibis, Guará in Portuguese,…

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Great Spanish travel blog

Just came across a travel blog by Victor Puig from Spain. He’s traveled the Northeast extensively and documented the trip from Jeri to São Luís. Check out the following links on the Lençois Marahenses: Los Lençois Maranhenses a vista de avioneta (parte 1) Los Lençois Maranhenses a vista de avioneta (parte 2) Lençois maranheses, un…

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Artistic photos of the Lençois Maranhenses

Travel photographer Michael Anderson has some really outstanding photos of the Lençois Maranhenses, “The magical dunes of the Lençóis Maranhenses”.

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Flight over Lençóis Maranhenses

A short video of the Lençóis from a bird’s or rather plane’s view.

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Update of www.atins.me

After recently returning from Atins, all the information listed here has been updated over the last couple of weeks!

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Financial Times article “Rio: the fight for the favelas”

Somewhat unrelated to Atins yet an interesting article in the Financial Times’ weekend magazine from 3/11/2012. The article doesn’t elaborate on its opening sequence and the controversy that’s been surrounding BOPE missions (especially the deployment of the feared ‘Caveirão’) quite some years now. For alternative views use on the subject matter I recommend ‘Tropa de…

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Travel blog, no.2

And another travel blog from earlier this year: Maracuja e Abacaxi

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