ok.. just curious to know how Brazil is known around the world

I might be really dumb or something like that because I can't make it work.. @!#$%@#%@#%$@!# poll .. lol

Samba! and Lula being Chavez's friend

soccer

Gorgeous woman with curvy figures and everyone walking on the beach with those thong bikini bottoms on!

Nuts

The color orange...

...some of the most physically attractive people I've seen.

Hmmmm beaches, beautiful ppl, the samba carnival in Rio de Janeiro, soccer, rainforests, the Amazon...oh ya and gotta love caipirinhas

I think of soccer and a good friend of mine, Kalvio, who is brazillian, and quite handsome

samba!! carnaval!! Rio..!!

Football, pele

Extremely beautiful and happy/outgoing/cheerful/friendly people, carnival, samba and of course soccer! I'm an AC Milan fan so plenty of Brazilians on my team (I'm in love with Dida ).

futbol and CARNIVALE!

complex rhythms - something that does nt just play 4 beats to the bar at 88 beats per minute

RIO...thongs..and the amazon..or what is left of it

Also....the fact that i would love to go there one day

churrascos, coco water, and cheese bread

Brazil??

I think of: beach volleyball at the Olympics, football (soccer), and rainforests

Rio, soccer, carnival, bikinis, samba and the most beautiful people in the world.

Maybe I also think a little of crime and poverty (favelas).

On second thought, also: Amazonas, rain forest.

But my picture of Brazil is dominated by what I know about Rio de Janeiro, which is stupid because Brazil has so much more to offer... but that's how it is.

Wow What a great surprise to see that alot of people answered because I thought it would be dead by now since I can't make the poll thing work

everything that was said is true... and blackbettie.. you are so right Brazil is so much more than just Rio ... actually I think that Rio sucks We have really beautiful places here

Just surprised that nobody mentioned Brazilian wax

Coffee, rain forest, pele, gilberto silva, roberto carlos

Donna

Honestly..................brazillian bikini wax..........that's the first thing that comes to mind

Football, The Amazon rain forest, Capirinha, the beaches, so many stuff. and my smart and cute God daughter, from Belem, Fortaleza, Maranao, Brazil is not just bout Rio, if you go there only you will miss most of the stuff the country has to offer,

have you ever try a cold coconut with a shot of Cachassa(the rhum that made capirinah)
Vay Vay all the way (Samba)

I am married now so i can't say anything the other stufff

Honest answer, very poor people and very rich people with little in between

And the band Rush.

Wow nikita :-0 Vai Vai.. lol

yeah... Chuckles.. there are alot of it here.. lots of rich and poor people all together... this country is a mix of things... good and bad ones..
and you can find different kind of people too.. blonde, black hair, blue, brown, green eyes... black , white, anything.. which makes it pretty neat

SOAP OPERAS!

Oh yes, ESCRAVA ISAURA (Isaura the Slave)! First ever soap opera I saw (before I knew what a soap opera even was).

Same here! I loved Isaura!!!!!!

Oh, yeah, Isaura was much better than some of the soaps from Mexico they showed later on.

Yes....Soap Operas...or "novelas". Its crazy how the entire country gets addicted.....we watched the one America.

ok.. psst.. I have a secret to tell.. I HATE soap operas

Football (the real one of course) and racing drivers.

my husband braught this up to me. he said u know south america is so close to united states but i never hear anything about it on the news. so i guess that is probably a good thing.

I am from Guyana, or French Guyana to be exact, at the border of Brazil in the South. In our tiny land, Brazilians have unfortunately been badly known for importing illicit drugs and firearms, and for extending their territory with activities such as prostitution, poaching and illegal immigration... Not to mention the headache of dealing with corrupt civil servants... But that, of course, doesn't depict Brazil and an otherwise mostly peaceful relationship.

when i think brazil, i think soccer. i'm sorry, but that's really all i know about it. .... and you don't speak spanish, you speak portugese. and you're in south america on the east side. other than that.....

Rainforest, soccer, annual parade (carnival) , Portugal, South America, and economic disparity.

Val loves to watch America. They call her Sol at work since she is on her way here. I sometimes call her ValdeSOLea

When I think of Brasil I think of the best footballing country in the world, and Embraer aircraft.

soccer

i always think about brazil because that is where nessa is. of course, soccer, brazil wax, and thongs (not in that order) cross my mind

péle & carnaval Rio de janeiro

I used to think of the flag, futbol and Carnaval!

Now Brazil makes me think of my friend who is down there teaching for a year and how much I miss her!

And good looking SheMales!!!

Exactly what I was going to say!

First things that came to my mind before reading the thread were football and beautiful women with bodies to envy!!!! M.

It's good people know something about Brasil. It's bad that most people think only of Rio's beaches filled with girls in tiny bikinis.

Soccer, yeah!
Volleyball, yeah!
Beach Volleyball, yeah!
Carnaval, meh! (I hate Carnaval)
Caipirinha, yeah!
Pele, well yeah, he was awesome, but now with the Cup coming we must say, Ronaldinho Gaúcho, YEAH!
Soap Operas, NO WAY! (I know they get famous, but I just can't stand them. Some old ones I used to watch, but it's been at least 5 years since I even stop to watch anything on open TV appart from the news).

Well, I think of Brasil as my home, with all it's corruption problems, beautiful places, horrible favelas, high crime, lots of diversity, different cultures, the warmth of the people, really, everyone and anyone from any country always feels welcomed here, we try to speak their languages even if we really can't. My fiance loved Brasil, and he absolutely LOVED Cabo Frio and Ilha Grande, all in Rio state. He also does love Rio, and so do I. I live in the mountains close to Rio, but have also lived in Rio through college, Copacabana, near the beach, Posto 3 for those who are familiar. I loved it. Crime? yes. Favela? yes. But I was never mugged, used to arrive at 11 pm from college, by bus, and felt safe. If you know where to be and when, you're pretty safe in Rio. There's crime all over the world, really, although it can get pretty bad in Rio sometimes.

But indeed, there's so much more to Brasil than Rio. I have great memories of my vacations in Maceió (spent summers there 3 years), I have a farm in Rondonia, in the Amazon Forest, so yeah, the Amazon is also great, the wildlife is great. Also, having lived in Porto Velho as a kid, and living now only 200km from it, for those of you who've seen or heard of Mad Maria, I've rode that train, been to the station and all of that, which is part of the history of our country. I've gone 3 times to the Pantanal in Poconé, beautiful, if you have the time to go, it's really worth it, we can even touch the aligators there, and there's SO many of them. It's awesome! I've seen the Iguaçu Waterfalls, the very weird freaky market across the Amizade Bridge, and visited our great capital, Brasília, which is nothing like the rest of the country.

Anyway, Brasil is such a great country that I can't stop LOVING it despite the millions of issues we have.

Ok since I come to VJ when someone says Brazil ,I think of a good friend of mine,, YOU Lisz

I have never been there, but honestly, the 1st things that spring to mind are Brazilian waxes and soccer...go figure!

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after all that we have been put through this process, one good thing that I am sure everybody will agree are the friendships that we made on VJ and you are for sure one person that is dear to me. Won't forget the support that you and Jay have given to me. You guys rule

I can't believe this thread is still alive

OK OK OK dont laugh...
first thing that came to my mind...
brazil... WAX ouch.. then..
I had flashes of beautiful women that have paid lots of money on surgeries..