3 Previous World Cup Champions
Here are the last FIFA World Cup Champions and what you can expect from them in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. 3. BRAZIL (2002) – Brazil went to South Korea and Japan in 2002 and beat Germany to win the World Cup championship. They will probably have to go through Germany again (before […]
4 Cool Interactive World Cup Tools
Here are four cool interactive World Cup tools that bring you closer and more informed about the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. 4. Interactive Schedule – Scroll around and see exactly where your team is playing each game, or see which games are playing at which stadiums or select a specific date. This interactive […]
5 Weird Demands from World Cup Teams
World Cup teams have been arriving in Brazil over the past few weeks and you would think all they cared about was winning. Turns out, for many teams, it takes a lot more than just showing up to get them ready. It takes Jacuzzis, specialty soaps and lots of video games. According to a report […]
6 Historical World Cup Facts You Didn’t Know
6. The largest crowd for a World Cup match was at the (old) Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the 1950 final. 199,954 people watched Uruguay beat the host team 2-1. *This one might be important to remember. 5. FIFA President, Sepp Blatter (real name), was once head of the World Society of […]
7 World Cup Facts about Team USA
The USA squad has a tough go of things being drawn into the “Group of Death,” but if anyone call pull out a miracle, I have faith that our boys in the red, white and blue (rocket popsicle) jerseys can do it. The Germans will definitely be our toughest competition, but the USA coach, Jürgen Klinsmann […]
Top 10 Best World Cup Commercials
Here we go, ten days until Brazil faces Croatia in the opening 2014 World Cup match in Sao Paulo. The only thing higher than the tension here in Brazil is the expectations to win their record sixth FIFA World Cup Trophy. Besides a few updates regarding the World Cup stadiums progress and protests in Rio de […]
Bonito Brazil – The Heartland of Brazilian Rodeo
Grab your saddles and cowboy hats ‘cause we’re going down south, waaaaay down south. 4,574 miles south of Dallas, Texas in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, lives a cowboy culture that could compete with the best of ‘em up north. Cowboys from all over southwestern Brazil compete in a traveling rodeo at […]
Brazil World Cup Update: Two Weeks Away
With just over two weeks remaining before the 2014 FIFA World Cup, I’ve been traveling like crazy to see as much of Brazil as possible before the chaos begins on June 12th. My goal is to return to my apartment in Rio de Janeiro to watch the games and hopefully still find a way to […]
The Pantanal Jungle Lodge
[UPDATED POST] One of my favorite aspects of traveling and writing this blog has been the opportunity I’ve had to meet like-minded entrepreneurs from all over Latin America. The ability to leverage this site to make connections and build relationships is such a major part of why I continue. Most recently, I was fortunate enough […]
How to Catch a Piranha
After a peaceful arrival into the Pantanal the night before, my first day in the Brazilian wetlands was exactly that, wet. It poured for the better part of the morning and our planned jeep safari and eco-hike turned into a drunken refugee camp. We circled around a shop table with a group of local farmers, […]