I love the letter/video! First, because you show us, so of course I love it ❤... second, because you were fare and I hope people see we don'tlive in a jungle (hi five). And I and happy that you and your mom tried new things and like it... I hope you only have the best times here. I hope you return again soon and even meet you in person 😊!
@@kellygb4370yes, Barbs and his mom embraced our culture. I liked the video a lot! They weren't like most of tourists filled with icks 😅 I hope they visit Minas Gerais next time!
@@GeographyNow Barbs, I guarantee you didn't even scratch the surface of our country. Brazil is enormous. Other regions are completely different than the places you visited.
That is both correct and incorrect. Every Brazilian family (born or resident) is genuine. Small infringement (mitigated by the high probability/possibility of this being misunderstood): these are the times of harvest; every individual and collective will face/behold/witness their creations. Not a punishment nor judgement, just a way to ensure that such a consequence/fact is indeed a personal preference. Thus, the distortions of old are no longer applicable. No single entity is more valid than another. No entity has lower or higher moral ground. A favela family is as divine and pure as a wealthy family in a penthouse or in a large farmstead. There too many layers of reality yet unknown and some may cause you too much turmoil when they soon arise. Not due to something bad will happen, but because you will realize what was the meaning of this game called The Earth Grand Experiment. If you were truly a service to self driven entity, you would not be here commenting. Thus, I humbly suggest that you integrate all parts of your perceived reality within yourself. Regardless, all is well, my divine friend.
Even though you didn't get to experience what Brasil normally shows to the world (beaches, samba, rain forests) which are indeed true brazilian expressions, you managed to get a sense of the other brasil (which is actually the majority of brasil). The interior and its large farmlands, new fruits and flavors, people who arent "used" to foreigners so will treat you the "brazilian way" without having an "act" towards gringos. Both are amazing, but I feel you got a bit more than the average turist.
Btw.. about highraises. We dont sprawl like the US does with its suburbs. Most of our cities will have buildings ranging from 8/14 floors and we dont consider them "high". Also by population standards if Londrina isnt a big city Atlanta cant be considered as well. Of course Londrina isnt a metropolis, but it also not small. Lets say Londrina is like Oklahoma city hahaha
Yeah, I feel like this was the type of experience I got, and in retrospect I’m kind of glad it was this way rather than the typical “Rio carnival” stuff
@@GeographyNow if you ever return to brazil, you should go to the serra da canastra region. Finest cheese in the world with some damn good restaurants.
@@GeographyNowHello my friend, I lived in the USA for 15 years, now I challenge you! It's very easy to show the beautiful things about the USA, I challenged you to show the sober side of the USA, for example dangerous chicado neighborhoods, Philadelphia, California, Arizona and other millions of homeless people, millions of drug addicts across the country. It would be super content ! it would have millions of views!
15:10 - These trees are called "Araucarias", basically conifers adapted to warmer regions. As there is practically no snow in Brazil (only on very rare occasions and in very specific regions), Araucarias don't have the notorious shape of pine trees from the northern hemisphere, as their conical shape makes it easier for snow to slide down their branches.
Araucarias are one of the oldest conifer genders in the world, those tree have been around when the dinosaurs were roaming around. There are other species of araucaria you can find in Australia and other islands in Oceania, and there is one species in the Andes mountains in Patagonia(araucaria araucana), where temperatures drop to -20ºC(~-1ºF) and those trees are buried under 3 feet of snow every winter. Once they covered Antarctica too, this gender is a subtropical and temperate gender, you won't find it in trully tropical climates, places without frosts, for example, Londrina and most of Parana gets some frosts every winter.
Don't mind me, just a German university student watching this currently in Brazil from Goiás living with a really lovely family here eager to show me every part of their beautiful country :D
Bro, this is actually the best video about Brazil I’ve ever seen! As a Brazilian, I finally feel like someone got to experience the daily life and culture of that region. Amazing content, keep up the good work ❤
AAAAAAA The little crochet dress on the "propane gas tank" (dunno how it's called in english, whatever) in 4:11 represents Brasil more than samba and feijoada
Hi, Barbs! Brazilian fan here, and while some people are talking about how much of Brazil still to be seen and explored by you in your next trips (and I agree, there are a ton of excellent and unique places), I'd like to say how happy and impressed I was with you and your mom being able to taste what the real Brazilian experience is, at least for me. You had the oportunity to go to two of the most tipical day-to-day life scenarios for dozens of millions of Brazilians: the urban middle and lower class houses in São Paulo (which is alike at the other metropolitan areas as well), and the small cities at the countrysides. That's two major Brazilian experiences that almost no tourist has. Thank you for your video, and please come back soon!
I'm Brazilian but I immigrated to America 25+ years ago when I was a teen. My best memories are from my childhood in Brazil. Climbing trees is one of them. 💚💛🥺
@@BrooklyFire Are you serious? Did you read my comment? I was a teen when I arrived in America. I had no interest in climbing trees anymore and all the friends I had were raised differently.
As someone who has been following this channel since the Brazil episode and who is from the state of Paraná born and raised, thank you Barbs. My inner child is so happy seeing this.
Fui pra londrina mês passado e gostei muito mas fiquei meio desapontado pois é muito parecida com cidades do ABC por exemplo, não é muito diferente de São Paulo afinal. Foi minha primeira viagem pra fora do estado, então estava esperando algo mais exotico.
@@DPedroBoh fun fact: o PR foi parte de SP até 1853, quando virou uma província independente durante o Brasil Império, e o norte do estado, que ta mais perto da divisa com SP, foi a primeira região a ser colonizada pelos portugueses, e por isso era mais "integrada" ao resto de São Paulo (no PR a gente chama a região de "norte pioneiro", inclusive). Até hj norte do estado tem uma cultura mto parecida com o interior paulista, até o sotaque é igual, e as cidades maiores da região tb devem lembrar cidades maiores de SP, imagino eu. A região de Curitiba já tem um sotaque bem diferente, o meio do estado tem cidades que se fala ucraniano e polones em casa e se aprende portugues na escola e o oeste tem uma "cultura de fronteira" bem mais parecida com a cultura gaúcha.
I would say you did the best "Come to Brazil" package. Visiting a friend and staying at a familiar house is a very different experience from what the "normal" travelers do. I'm sure it will be a total different experience if you stay at a hotel in Rio for example, not saying is worse, just different and can be equally enjoyable. There is so much more here than canaval and beaches. Great video :)
@@macdealer7936 I disagree. I'm not from Londrina but I've been there and around Paraná. Londrina is a good example of a smallish city that represents how a lot of cities deep in the south states of Brazil look like. For Barbs to visit São Paulo, its favelas and a south city like Londrina, he got to see some interesting sides of Brazil. Londrina may not be flashy, but it does represents how some cities in the south are. Also, in Londrina he is much closer to Foz do Iguaçu, making it viable for him to visit another interesting place that he probably couldn't if he had gone to Porto Alegre or Florianópolis. Don't be sour for no reason to our brazilian cities :) If Barbs chooses to visit again, he could go to the Northeastern states to get to know more sides of Brazil. Salvador and Recife are a good examples of the representation of big cities in this part of the country in which he can contrast with how São Paulo is.
@enzolabre6295 Eu Sou de Londrina desde que eu nasci, e confirmo que aqui é um LIXOOOH. Tem lugares melhor no Paraná como Curitiba a melhor capital do Paraná e a cidade mais limpa do pais. Londrina é um extremo mal exemplo aqui no sul, horrível horrível, não vem com essa não, você mesmo falou que não é daqui de Londrina, não tem que falar bem não, e nem tentar defender a cidade, eu vivo aqui desde que nasci, eu tenho moral pra falar a respeito.
My husband and I finished this video in tears. Our country is so beautiful, and we forget that. We live in Curitiba, also in the state of Paraná, but I'm from Rio and he's from Florianópolis, the capital of another southern state. Your point of view of the little details around our country and culture is touching. Our country is truly amazing, but unfortunately, life is very hard for most people here. We work a lot to barely make ends meet and buy the strictly necessary to survive. So many of us want to get out of here, not because we don't love the country but because we want more, we dream of having more for us and our families and enjoying more of life. But a video like that reminds us that we could have it all here if only people weren't so exploited and could better enjoy the fruits of their work. Anyway, thank you for this video.❤
I am brazilian, but Brazil is so big that I could use this video to know more about other region of my own country. it's really amazing how diverse it is 😅
Exacly! I'm from de northeast part of Brazil, and almost everything is different from the things we see in the video, which is located in the south/southeast part. Being there is a whole new experience too!
The video was amazing, it kinda triggered the "pride" to be brazilian watching it. It happened because you showed a different part of our country and our culture and not only the famous touristics spots. Thanks for sharing this experience with the world
On the subject of historical parallels, I had an old Brazilian coworker here in the US that I got into a pretty deep conversation with, regarding history. He said something about how "the American government hides its past mistakes, while the Brazilian government hides its past triumphs." Which I think meant that at some point in history Brazil could have been the 20th century superpower in the Americas instead of the US. Not to trifle on about misplaced nationalism but if you look at Brazil's track record, the guy had a fair point
They hide past triumphs, blatantly lie about it, because Brazilians would definitely question what the establishment has done and keeps on doing it. Let's say the mess didn't start, but certainly got a lot worse with a military coup against the 2nd emperor, favoring some regional oligarchs, then they call it a democratic constitutional republic, even though only economical and new political oligarchs could actually decide anything and the will of the people is what they say. So basically, a similar path politically like some of the worst countries, dictatorships (collected a few open ones, plus veiled ones in Brazil's political history). The funny part is the professional clown that got elected wasn't the biggest clown in politics. Total 🤡🌎
I guess you could say the same about many countries in South America, like Argentina and Chile. Unfortunately, Latin America's current decadence is one that spans multiple generations, and it doesn't seem easily reversible.
Or maybe he was just some far right supporter that think the military dictatorship was the golden age of brazil... believe it or not, we have many of those lunatics here
I think what that guy meant was that we tend to forget how great we are. That's a thing people do a lot over here, not just in politics, we have the tendency to think that anything that isn't brazilian is instantly better. It's a habit of downplaying our actual value, focusing on how bad things are, instead of looking at the good things we have or the great things we did.
Being from Londrina and watching you since 2015, I really love this video! Also, many people from Brazil have never heard of Londrina, but when they know it, they start to see people from Londrina everywhere, famous sports players, musicians, politicians... BTW: Valeu Diogo por apresentar nossa cidade! Adorei o vídeo!
I was in Brazil, just one week ago! In Vila Velha/ Vitória, the biggest cities in Espiritu Santo. I loved it. Better than the huge cities and it was amazing!
oh hi, i'm from vitória! if you don't mind me asking, what brought you here? we're not a very touristable place hahaha! do you have friends or relatives here? i hope you enjoyed your stay though :)
@@matheuscastello6554 Yes! My stepmom is from Brazil and every year she flies to Vitória! For the psst 7 years or so I didn'r fly with them because I was afraid of flying and had no time due to school. And she has her parents there and her kids, which are my stepbrothers. My dad learnt portuguese and I am maybe level a2, because I speak spanisch and italian aswell. But actually I am from Austria, neighbour of germany and speak german. I had a eonderful time there and got to experience nearly the same thibgs as Barbs, with churrasco, cheap prices, many types of bananas, but also a big beach with huge waves (I know that there are spots that are safe to swim with small waves). So in total, it was great!
I'm from Maringá, the city you went through in the way to Iguazu Falls. I've been watching you for years and it's a weird feeling to know that now you know how it's life in here. I don't know why, be it gets me almost emotional hahahaha. Hope you come back again!
I am a Trinidadian that lives in Brazil, not too far from Londrina, in fact it's one of my favorite weekend getaways, and it's great that you got to experience a part of Brazil that not a lotta people see, and is definitely underappreciated. Foz is amazing as well, and not just because it is the gateway to cheap shopping in Paraguay!
Im loving this "letter to" series :) . Im a Brazilian living abroad, and I sure miss my country. Not gonna lie, this video got me a bit sentimental. You have an acute eye for details, Barbs. Its nice seeing things through your perspective. Thank you so much.
This was such a beautiful video! I moved to Salvador de Bahia a few years ago and absolutely love it. It you make your way down here again, the north and northeast deserve its own trip and I would love to show you around!
So south of Brazil reminds me very much of the American southeast. Highway transit, billboards around everywhere, giant fruits sculptures or statues, fields of soy. Although the southeast doesn’t have as large swaths of land full of the crop, I’ll give that to Brazil. This was an amazing video Barbs. Best Regards from N.C
I haven't spent a whole lot of time in the South, but the few times I have been there (mainly Georgia and Louisiana) I didn't see any giant sculptures of fruit. Are those more a North Carolina thing? (They and other "big things" sculptures are also popular in Australia.)
@@andyjay729 there are some in Georgia. Mainly what I am aiming at with this comment are staple landmarks and points of interests that a town claim as their identities. One I know for a fact is the Gaffney Peach in S.C. It’s a water tower on the major highway from Atlanta GA up to Charlotte N.C. It’s not just fruits though, it can be any staple of a town or, for example, cash crops. For instance the peach is because South Carolina is the second most producing state for peaches after California and right before third place spot which is Georgia. Furthermore, the county and town in S.C is known for peach orchards and growing peaches. Another example of staple products being made into mascots, icons or landmarks is in Japan or the American Midwest. I don’t know if the grape statue in the video is a staple of the town but with the examples that I know it seems very similar. Basically there are snippets of pride within an agrarian lifestyle in these places.
the rest of brazil looks like that too,there are differences of course, but highways and billboards? really? you think people in the other 4 regions are horse riding in the middle of the jungle? LMAO
@@Frey_2026 i saw the les routes l'impossible episode, mfs go to the middle of nowhere in the middle of the mkin amazon where its literally prohibited to build stuff without fistfighting a thousand triggered european environmentalists and go "haha here brazil" ffs
You can't help but fall in love with Brazil. Hoping to return soon! I spent the summer of 2016 (winter in Brazil) in Londrina, and it feels like a home to me.
I get to travel for work and this year I visited Brazil twice. It’s such an interesting place as an American. I feel so comfortable and at home. It reminded me so much of the states, but brighter and more vibrant. It’s an amazing place.
I'm so happy you went to Brazil!! So cool! Glad to see that you didn't go all "touristy" when picking the spots to visit. You got me so homesick! Born and raised in Sao Paulo, but left the country in 2007. Hope you enjoyed our diversity, and friendly people. And, of course, the food!! 😃
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Londrina mentioned! Hope you enjoyed your stay, not a ton of stuff to do compared to São Paulo but it's still a pretty fun city, been living here for 26 years :V
glad you enjoyed brazil, barbs. got the “non-touristy” experience. i hope you felt at home, and that you come back soon, i guess you’ll enjoy the northeast and north quite a lot! it’s a whole different world!
You spent some time near where I grew up in Sao Paulo. I've been following your channel since 2017. Many of your videos helped, and inspired me to create my own videos (many of which got more than a million views, so thank you!!)
Grande Scapella, OMG I had to pause and read the `Comanda` to find he was on Itaim Paulista - SP, yep I as well grew up and lived nearby the place he was. But might say it's not Favela, despite of I comprehend his point of view.
Thank you for this video. I'm not even brazilian but I have brazilian roots and I have always been fascinated with the culture, the music ( Villa-Lobos fan to the max), and mostly the people. My brazilian friends say I'm the most brazilian portuguese person they know. If you ever wanna visit Porto, Portugal, I'll be here so hit me up. Obrigada
Que bom ver um comentário tão afetuoso de uma portuguesa; até aquece o coração. Também sou fascinado pelo seu belo país e, em breve, farei uma segunda visita. Com certeza, a cidade do Porto estará em meu roteiro turístico, já que não a conheço. Abraços do outro lado do Atlântico!
This is the first time I ever saw someone experiencing the TRUE Brazil ! This is definitely a true experience about how we actually live our lives. Not on a Turistic way of going over expensive churrascarias and seeing something that every other Turist saw. For a second you brought me back (I'm living in UK on this momento). Thank you
What a nice video! I'm Brazilian from Bahia (in the northeast) but now I'm living in Tocantins, in the north. You shoul come and visit Tocantins someday, to visit Tocantins and Araguaia rivers in July. You'd love them.
Cara esse começo é simplesmente o melhor vídeo que já vi gringo fazendo de São Paulo... sem aquela glamurização dos pontos turisticos e pegando a realidade da maioria da população.... amei muito ❤
So you may not know this but Londrina is jot that small by international standarts, it's only small in Brazil standarts. Brazil urbanized very quickly so a few cities concentrated a lot more population than like the US. Londrina acctually has over 500 thousand people.
So cool, I'm also from Paraná's countryside and loved the way you portrayed your experience. I have been living in the capital for many years and whenever I travel back to visit family, it's incredibly touchy to see the fields, breath the clean air and see stars. Kudos for the video
Hi, Barbs, GN’s Brazilian fan here 🙋🏼♀ That’s such a cool video, thanks for visiting my wonderful country 🇧🇷 I love that you tried cupuaçu, churrasco, and pão de queijo! Next time make sure you try açaí too! When you come back, besides Lençóis Maranhenses, you have to visit Rio, Florianópolis, and Fernando de Noronha Island, these are the most beautiful locations in Brazil 🤩
@@GeographyNow, Like coconut, jackfruit is also very cheap to buy. Actually, fruits in general are cheap here in Brazil. Many houses also have fruit trees in the backyard such as mango, acerola, rose apple, star fruit, and others. It is very common for children to "invade" other people's backyards in the countryside to pick guava from the tree.
@@brunnomenxa i had a guava tree on my lawn for like 30 years. it died a bunch of times even, but a single off-shoot branch from the roots always survived and grew again into a "new" tree. loved that thing. and my dogs, and wild birds loved eating the generous amounts of guava that tree gave (it was kind of a chore, when it was season for it, it covered the entire lawn in rotting fruit every day :P) but alas, the tree was ever more weak, and an ant colony hollowed it out, and one day, i pulled a branch down to reach for a guava, and the whole tree snapped in half. this time, the roots were so damaged by ants that the tree did not recover. rip guava tree.
Also, condoms are not cheap (at least from my point of view). So imagine having a kid because you didn't have money them. I think this is also one of the reasons for those free condoms campaing
@@enricoprioli7645 yup, we consider condoms to be part of public health. You can walk into any public hospital in Brazil and ask for condoms, they will give it to you.
I was recommended to watch this video a few days ago, and now watching it made me remember how much I love when people from outside visit Brazil. I'm not sure if it's because I like to meet new people from other parts of the world, or if it's because they can experience things with such a genuine fascination to the things here, it's just so magical when you get to see someone unaffected with the blury lens of a day to day life here, because as your friend Diogo said, we joke around a lot with our problems while trying to move around it and be happy, afterall, "what can we do?". Thank you so much for this video, it was a great time watching it! (and a hi from another state of south of Brazil too!) c:
Muito bom!!!! Gostei muito do vídeo e do inglês bastante claro e sem sotaque pesado. So cool!!! I've liked so much this video of yours, and the so clear and with no hard accents English language in it spoken. Congrats.
Being Brazilian, it’s so emotional for me to see this little piece of my loved country depicted here. There were so familiar places that I can feel the world can appreciate it genuinely. Next time, come to Minas Gerais and pleeeease, anywhere in Northeast region. It will be like another country, but still very much as Brazilian then any other place of this so beloved country.
Hey, Barbs. Thanks once again for this video format. Looks like the part of Brazil you got. To see has a very relaxed and "go with the flow" vibe. And Mama Barbs basically fits right in any part of the world. ❤
15:45 that "Rapazz..." was such a classic hahaha. I think Diogo pretty much said it all, we are a happy go lucky people(well, at least most of us, looking at you Curitiba), and despite all the problems within our country, we always just laugh it out and keep on going, sometimes in the "brazilian way" haha. There's a saying here that translates to "better to laugh than cry" and sums up everything. Hope you can come to the Northeast of Brazil Barbs! Cheers from a brazilian GN viewer 🇧🇷
As a Brazilian…. Hearing from another Brazilian that “rules are suggestions for Brazilians” kills me. Still, I am glad you got the opportunity to visit Foz do Iguaçu and had a good time in Brasil 🇧🇷 great video!
I think I can say that you can consider that you had some great Brazilian days, from the simplest to the most special. There wasn't Carnival on TV, nor any crazy soccer games, but you experienced many of the cool things and investigated details of the not so cool ones (I think you'll find a good parallel if you watch "Tropa de Elite" and "Cidade de Deus", and yes, these movies are very faithful to reality). I hope that next time you can get to know the Northeast, one of our most beautiful regions, where the poverty of many families is not erased by the wealth they have both on earth and in their hearts. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed our big little house.
Paul, when I first started watching you I was in high school here in Brazil, now I'm a senior majoring GEOGRAPHY! You don't know how much this means to me!
The new year eve made me tear up a little bit, Brazilians always spends new year eve with family and very close friends and this reminded me of mi childhood with my late gramps and all the family members that dont come together anymore to celebrate, for me it was the best part of the video showing how we are united and happy even if the situation i'snt the best.
Wow, that is the most authentic Brazilian visit I have ever seen. Amazing content. Congrats, man. I know you had a truely great time and great friends over there.
I hadn't heard of your channel before, but for some reason, the algorithm recommended this video, perhaps because I live just shy of 100 km from Londrina. Man, I LOVE the honest and realistic depiction of the day-to-day life of ordinary people, not glamorized. Success to your channel, brother.
It was only São Paulo! Tiririca got elected in a similar way to Zelensky's Ukraine election! Both came from comedy into politics, showing how frustrated people are with the system. Tiririca’s "Pior que tá não fica" vibe is similar to Zelensky’s TV show president who actually became president. Both got elected as a protest against the political establishment, and both actually did work seriously (sometimes) in their positions.
He was actually the congressman to attend the highest amount of meetings during his tenure, and even authored a couple of laws pertinent to the circus workers community, the one he was actually knowledgeable about. Overall, a better than most politicians in Brazil, despite his run being a straight up joke / protest thing.
That was such a great video, sometimes an outsider perspective can make it so is possible to see the entire picture of the country i live in better, thank you.
Daaammmmmmm! Man, I don't know why, but the end of this video hit me in the feelings... Sometimes we can forget how our own country is so big and beautiful, and how each moment can and should be appreciated! Anyway, Welcome to Brazil! And don't forget to meet Minas Gerais next time!
Good job on this video. I love how it's structured like a letter, rather than the usual, boring and beaten template of an "essay" like everything on youtube. it makes it so much fresher to watch. It was a fun and interesting watch. thanks.
Hey Paul, What's up?! I'm Brazilian and I have been following you since the episode about... Brazil! On that day I got curious about what do other countries think about Brazil? So I searched on RUclips and found your video (It had been release a few months before). And, cause I love geography as well, on that day I watched almost all the videos you had made by that point. Glad you enjoyed visiting this crazy country. .
Funny enough I flew home on New Year's Eve from Brazilia after spending Christmas with some distant relatives. I did go out to the countryside and got to see Pirenópolis. But the food was on a whole different level of delicious. I'm glad you were able to experience the Southern part of Brazil. I would love to do that someday
I live in Londrina, just by that grocery store you visited (muffato JK), and I'm happy you enjoyed the city 🫶🏽 Fun to see you pick the jackfruit right from the tree 😂 (it may be in the middle of nowhere, but definitely not a small city, for brazilian standards). Hope you come back soon to know more of our country!
0:30 yes,I aways think about this Usa and Brazil have many similiarities,both are formed by europeans,africans,ameridians,asians. Both have big populationa of catolics and protestant
I'm from São Paulo and used to live in Londrina. it was WEIRD to see Londrina through your eyes, at 14:25 you showed a mural wall that was SO CLOSE to my house, and was the midway point to my best friend's house, I'd walk down the avenue to her house!!
AWESOMEEE, as a Brazilian from the northeast region, your trip was amazing to understand Parana countryside, its beautiful! Come visit us here in Ceará east coast (most beautiful beaches haha).
I live in Londrina, and it was pretty amazing to see places that I go to in your video. I am working at Itaipu Binacional in Foz do Iguaçu, I Go there two weeks per month and love Foz. Thanks for the vídeo and be welcome every time.
That's such a cool video, Barb! I'm glad you had fun in Brazil. I'm from Paraná but I'm now living across the country, in Rio Grande do Norte, so to see you visiting Londrina brought up a lot of feelings hahaahah Hope to see you here again soon :)
For the record, I grew up climbing trees as a kid in Minnesota. That's why.
Obrigado Brazil, Espero poder voltar algum dia.
Esperanto😢
Thank you ❤❤❤
There are trees to climb in that freezing cold place?
I love the letter/video! First, because you show us, so of course I love it ❤... second, because you were fare and I hope people see we don'tlive in a jungle (hi five). And I and happy that you and your mom tried new things and like it... I hope you only have the best times here. I hope you return again soon and even meet you in person 😊!
@@kellygb4370yes, Barbs and his mom embraced our culture. I liked the video a lot! They weren't like most of tourists filled with icks 😅
I hope they visit Minas Gerais next time!
"What can you do? Be happy" - Filipinos and Brazilians together 🇵🇭🤝🇧🇷
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Brazil and the Philippines are basically the same country.
@@thecalis True! I've met many Filipeiros in my life time and we always connect very easly, similar behaviours and way of looking at life.
@@PinguinCrazythen you better spell correctly, "Filipinos". Obrigado
Filiprimos🙏
He did it. He came to Brazil.
Hopefully not the last time…
@@GeographyNow Barbs, I guarantee you didn't even scratch the surface of our country. Brazil is enormous. Other regions are completely different than the places you visited.
Yoooo geo@@GeographyNow
@@GeographyNow Barbs please do more of these letter videos, they are some of the best content on the site!
@phzitos_ are other regions being completly different from others unique to only Brazil?
4:11 Crochet cover for the kitchen gas cylinder? Yes, definitely Brazil.
Yes! I saw this too! NOTHING is as Brazilians as that.
Absolutely
Plus the gas cylinder right next to the stove LOL friends from occupational health and safety go craaaaazy LOL
@@philipintheairr Actually it is quite safe.
You lived a genuine brazillian family new year's eve, this is the side of Brasil that rarely people from other countries get in touch with.
Yeeess I thought the same thing
That is both correct and incorrect. Every Brazilian family (born or resident) is genuine.
Small infringement (mitigated by the high probability/possibility of this being misunderstood): these are the times of harvest; every individual and collective will face/behold/witness their creations. Not a punishment nor judgement, just a way to ensure that such a consequence/fact is indeed a personal preference. Thus, the distortions of old are no longer applicable. No single entity is more valid than another. No entity has lower or higher moral ground.
A favela family is as divine and pure as a wealthy family in a penthouse or in a large farmstead. There too many layers of reality yet unknown and some may cause you too much turmoil when they soon arise. Not due to something bad will happen, but because you will realize what was the meaning of this game called The Earth Grand Experiment.
If you were truly a service to self driven entity, you would not be here commenting. Thus, I humbly suggest that you integrate all parts of your perceived reality within yourself.
Regardless, all is well, my divine friend.
I love Brazilians they always have the funniest memes for some reason. Amor das Filipinas 🇵🇭🇧🇷
Abraço primos 💚
abraços do brasil nossos irmãos
Brazil loves Pilipinos!
Obrigado 😊
🇧🇷❤🇵🇭
Dude! I haven't climbed a jackfruit tree since I was a kid. You had an authentic Brazilian country boy experience right there.
Ha ha, I mean when people like things don’t they usually try to get it?
Even though you didn't get to experience what Brasil normally shows to the world (beaches, samba, rain forests) which are indeed true brazilian expressions, you managed to get a sense of the other brasil (which is actually the majority of brasil). The interior and its large farmlands, new fruits and flavors, people who arent "used" to foreigners so will treat you the "brazilian way" without having an "act" towards gringos.
Both are amazing, but I feel you got a bit more than the average turist.
Btw.. about highraises. We dont sprawl like the US does with its suburbs. Most of our cities will have buildings ranging from 8/14 floors and we dont consider them "high". Also by population standards if Londrina isnt a big city Atlanta cant be considered as well. Of course Londrina isnt a metropolis, but it also not small. Lets say Londrina is like Oklahoma city hahaha
Yeah, I feel like this was the type of experience I got, and in retrospect I’m kind of glad it was this way rather than the typical “Rio carnival” stuff
@@GeographyNow if you ever return to brazil, you should go to the serra da canastra region. Finest cheese in the world with some damn good restaurants.
@@GeographyNowHello my friend, I lived in the USA for 15 years, now I challenge you!
It's very easy to show the beautiful things about the USA, I challenged you to show the sober side of the USA, for example dangerous chicado neighborhoods, Philadelphia, California, Arizona and other millions of homeless people, millions of drug addicts across the country. It would be super content !
it would have millions of views!
@@GeographyNow Next time com visit Santa Catarina State aswell 🙂
I love how your second best Brazilian friend seems so protective of your mom. He's always by her like he's keeping her safe.
15:10 - These trees are called "Araucarias", basically conifers adapted to warmer regions. As there is practically no snow in Brazil (only on very rare occasions and in very specific regions), Araucarias don't have the notorious shape of pine trees from the northern hemisphere, as their conical shape makes it easier for snow to slide down their branches.
Araucarias are one of the oldest conifer genders in the world, those tree have been around when the dinosaurs were roaming around. There are other species of araucaria you can find in Australia and other islands in Oceania, and there is one species in the Andes mountains in Patagonia(araucaria araucana), where temperatures drop to -20ºC(~-1ºF) and those trees are buried under 3 feet of snow every winter. Once they covered Antarctica too, this gender is a subtropical and temperate gender, you won't find it in trully tropical climates, places without frosts, for example, Londrina and most of Parana gets some frosts every winter.
Barbs is one of those rare human beings who looks like he's from any country he visits.
Fr fr 😂
Real 😂 as long as he keeps his mouth shut, he can fit in in the majority of the world
Because he's from so many countries
Nigeria.
He's brought this to attention in a few videos before yeah
Don't mind me, just a German university student watching this currently in Brazil from Goiás living with a really lovely family here eager to show me every part of their beautiful country :D
Are you an exchange program student or something? Best regards from Brasília!!!
how it’s going so far? curious to see a different perspective of brazil
there's legit enough stuff to explore for a lifetime, haha
Are you in Goiânia?
Go to Chapada or Pirenópolis
"You're going to Brazil"
AAAA
HUE HUE HUE HUE HUE
WAIT NO
**Screams of the damned**
you realize youre going to brazil and you can't do anything about it
fimfic user spotted
Bro, this is actually the best video about Brazil I’ve ever seen!
As a Brazilian, I finally feel like someone got to experience the daily life and culture of that region.
Amazing content, keep up the good work ❤
AAAAAAA The little crochet dress on the "propane gas tank" (dunno how it's called in english, whatever) in 4:11
represents Brasil more than samba and feijoada
As a Mexican, the "rules are suggestions" hit hard
As a Brazilian I loved going to Mexico. It seemed like a Spanish version of Brazil lol
@@Dis_is_fineCómo Mexicano pienso lo mismo de Brazil, es como México que habla Portugués 🇧🇷🖤🇲🇽 hasta nuestros emperadores eran primos
It is a Global South thang
Well... is one of most thing that we have in common with another Latam Countries 😅
For me being very Dutch I would not be able to cope with that. We are very much a stickler for the rules.
Hi, Barbs! Brazilian fan here, and while some people are talking about how much of Brazil still to be seen and explored by you in your next trips (and I agree, there are a ton of excellent and unique places), I'd like to say how happy and impressed I was with you and your mom being able to taste what the real Brazilian experience is, at least for me.
You had the oportunity to go to two of the most tipical day-to-day life scenarios for dozens of millions of Brazilians: the urban middle and lower class houses in São Paulo (which is alike at the other metropolitan areas as well), and the small cities at the countrysides. That's two major Brazilian experiences that almost no tourist has.
Thank you for your video, and please come back soon!
Yeah, man, I’m really glad we got to experience both sides, and both were super memorable and amazing. We both loved it.
if you are curious if there is any place where people will treat you in a cold way it's espírito Santo . ❤
Barby: "He's hideous"
Diogo: 🗿
I'm Brazilian but I immigrated to America 25+ years ago when I was a teen. My best memories are from my childhood in Brazil. Climbing trees is one of them. 💚💛🥺
Wait, you can't climb them in America!?
@@BrooklyFire Are you serious? Did you read my comment? I was a teen when I arrived in America. I had no interest in climbing trees anymore and all the friends I had were raised differently.
brasil not only mentioned, but outright being praised?? surreal
amazingly well done!! glad you lined it here :D
As someone who has been following this channel since the Brazil episode and who is from the state of Paraná born and raised, thank you Barbs.
My inner child is so happy seeing this.
Totally me! When Barbs mentioned my city I got emotional ngl 😂😂😂😂
Fui pra londrina mês passado e gostei muito mas fiquei meio desapontado pois é muito parecida com cidades do ABC por exemplo, não é muito diferente de São Paulo afinal. Foi minha primeira viagem pra fora do estado, então estava esperando algo mais exotico.
Também sou do Paraná 😆, mas eu sou do litoral, as praias são lindas e é perto de Santa Catarina que tem praias mais bonitas e Curitiba é muito frio
avho que talvez você gostaria mais de ir para Curitiba, é meio diferente das outras cidades
@@DPedroBoh fun fact: o PR foi parte de SP até 1853, quando virou uma província independente durante o Brasil Império, e o norte do estado, que ta mais perto da divisa com SP, foi a primeira região a ser colonizada pelos portugueses, e por isso era mais "integrada" ao resto de São Paulo (no PR a gente chama a região de "norte pioneiro", inclusive). Até hj norte do estado tem uma cultura mto parecida com o interior paulista, até o sotaque é igual, e as cidades maiores da região tb devem lembrar cidades maiores de SP, imagino eu. A região de Curitiba já tem um sotaque bem diferente, o meio do estado tem cidades que se fala ucraniano e polones em casa e se aprende portugues na escola e o oeste tem uma "cultura de fronteira" bem mais parecida com a cultura gaúcha.
I would say you did the best "Come to Brazil" package. Visiting a friend and staying at a familiar house is a very different experience from what the "normal" travelers do. I'm sure it will be a total different experience if you stay at a hotel in Rio for example, not saying is worse, just different and can be equally enjoyable. There is so much more here than canaval and beaches. Great video :)
Londrina just got a huge free ad from Barb.
I mean…. Why not? 🤣
@@macdealer7936 I disagree. I'm not from Londrina but I've been there and around Paraná. Londrina is a good example of a smallish city that represents how a lot of cities deep in the south states of Brazil look like. For Barbs to visit São Paulo, its favelas and a south city like Londrina, he got to see some interesting sides of Brazil.
Londrina may not be flashy, but it does represents how some cities in the south are. Also, in Londrina he is much closer to Foz do Iguaçu, making it viable for him to visit another interesting place that he probably couldn't if he had gone to Porto Alegre or Florianópolis. Don't be sour for no reason to our brazilian cities :)
If Barbs chooses to visit again, he could go to the Northeastern states to get to know more sides of Brazil. Salvador and Recife are a good examples of the representation of big cities in this part of the country in which he can contrast with how São Paulo is.
@@macdealer7936 Certeza que tu é maringaense e ficou com dor de cotovelo kkkkkk
@@macdealer7936 STFU Londrina #1 - Maringaense com dor de cotovelo
@enzolabre6295 Eu Sou de Londrina desde que eu nasci, e confirmo que aqui é um LIXOOOH. Tem lugares melhor no Paraná como Curitiba a melhor capital do Paraná e a cidade mais limpa do pais. Londrina é um extremo mal exemplo aqui no sul, horrível horrível, não vem com essa não, você mesmo falou que não é daqui de Londrina, não tem que falar bem não, e nem tentar defender a cidade, eu vivo aqui desde que nasci, eu tenho moral pra falar a respeito.
My husband and I finished this video in tears. Our country is so beautiful, and we forget that. We live in Curitiba, also in the state of Paraná, but I'm from Rio and he's from Florianópolis, the capital of another southern state. Your point of view of the little details around our country and culture is touching. Our country is truly amazing, but unfortunately, life is very hard for most people here. We work a lot to barely make ends meet and buy the strictly necessary to survive. So many of us want to get out of here, not because we don't love the country but because we want more, we dream of having more for us and our families and enjoying more of life. But a video like that reminds us that we could have it all here if only people weren't so exploited and could better enjoy the fruits of their work. Anyway, thank you for this video.❤
Enquanto votarmos em pessoas que querem mais Estado e menos liberdades individuais, o país não mudará.
@@fabricioseiffert743 sai bolsominion
@@feleepe A carapuça serviu, né?😏
Só 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@fabricioseiffert743 vamos em alguém assim na penúltima eleição. o que mudou?
@@wearmeout1 Eu paguei menos impostos em muitas coisas e tinha liberdade, e agora, o que eu tenho?
That was such a a sweet video! I think you’ve got some legit experience of Brazil during this travel. 🇧🇷
I am brazilian, but Brazil is so big that I could use this video to know more about other region of my own country. it's really amazing how diverse it is 😅
Wow, so cool!
Same here in the USA
Exacly! I'm from de northeast part of Brazil, and almost everything is different from the things we see in the video, which is located in the south/southeast part. Being there is a whole new experience too!
Realkkk
@@SrDoug3AMIGO NORDESTINO! YAY
The video was amazing, it kinda triggered the "pride" to be brazilian watching it. It happened because you showed a different part of our country and our culture and not only the famous touristics spots. Thanks for sharing this experience with the world
Have you seen the show about Trabants crossing the BR-319?
On the subject of historical parallels, I had an old Brazilian coworker here in the US that I got into a pretty deep conversation with, regarding history.
He said something about how "the American government hides its past mistakes, while the Brazilian government hides its past triumphs." Which I think meant that at some point in history Brazil could have been the 20th century superpower in the Americas instead of the US. Not to trifle on about misplaced nationalism but if you look at Brazil's track record, the guy had a fair point
They hide past triumphs, blatantly lie about it, because Brazilians would definitely question what the establishment has done and keeps on doing it.
Let's say the mess didn't start, but certainly got a lot worse with a military coup against the 2nd emperor, favoring some regional oligarchs, then they call it a democratic constitutional republic, even though only economical and new political oligarchs could actually decide anything and the will of the people is what they say. So basically, a similar path politically like some of the worst countries, dictatorships (collected a few open ones, plus veiled ones in Brazil's political history).
The funny part is the professional clown that got elected wasn't the biggest clown in politics. Total 🤡🌎
Damn, that's actually a very good insight.
I guess you could say the same about many countries in South America, like Argentina and Chile. Unfortunately, Latin America's current decadence is one that spans multiple generations, and it doesn't seem easily reversible.
Or maybe he was just some far right supporter that think the military dictatorship was the golden age of brazil... believe it or not, we have many of those lunatics here
I think what that guy meant was that we tend to forget how great we are. That's a thing people do a lot over here, not just in politics, we have the tendency to think that anything that isn't brazilian is instantly better.
It's a habit of downplaying our actual value, focusing on how bad things are, instead of looking at the good things we have or the great things we did.
Being from Londrina and watching you since 2015, I really love this video! Also, many people from Brazil have never heard of Londrina, but when they know it, they start to see people from Londrina everywhere, famous sports players, musicians, politicians...
BTW: Valeu Diogo por apresentar nossa cidade! Adorei o vídeo!
I was in Brazil, just one week ago! In Vila Velha/ Vitória, the biggest cities in Espiritu Santo. I loved it. Better than the huge cities and it was amazing!
oh hi, i'm from vitória! if you don't mind me asking, what brought you here? we're not a very touristable place hahaha! do you have friends or relatives here? i hope you enjoyed your stay though :)
@@matheuscastello6554 Yes! My stepmom is from Brazil and every year she flies to Vitória! For the psst 7 years or so I didn'r fly with them because I was afraid of flying and had no time due to school. And she has her parents there and her kids, which are my stepbrothers. My dad learnt portuguese and I am maybe level a2, because I speak spanisch and italian aswell. But actually I am from Austria, neighbour of germany and speak german. I had a eonderful time there and got to experience nearly the same thibgs as Barbs, with churrasco, cheap prices, many types of bananas, but also a big beach with huge waves (I know that there are spots that are safe to swim with small waves). So in total, it was great!
@@Jonas_31 awesome to hear that!! happy you had a good time
@@matheuscastello6554 in my opinion it is a real gem and one of the biggest hidden destinations....though 95% of the people speak close to no English😅
@@Jonas_31 Yep, really depends on where you go though, São Paulo has a lot of English speakers, same with other richer cities
00:01 I'm new to this channel so I was VERY confused because I thought "why is Markiplier in Brazil?" 💀😭
🤣🤣🤣 hello, I am “discount isle -dollar store, Markiplier”
@@GeographyNow😂😂😂
"Hello everybody, my name is Markiplier and the frist night in Brazil is never usually that bad"
@@The-V1-Ulk Immediately gets robbed by two man in a motorcycle
@@The-V1-Ulk O Brasil é o melhor país do mundo .. maravilhoso!!!!!
Your attitude towards Brazil just warms the heart. Thank you for your kindness. And come back! There's still plenty to see
I'm from Maringá, the city you went through in the way to Iguazu Falls. I've been watching you for years and it's a weird feeling to know that now you know how it's life in here. I don't know why, be it gets me almost emotional hahahaha. Hope you come back again!
This is probably the most respectful video I've seen on my culture. Thank you man.
"Be happy and make jokes". Sounds accurate.
that's how we got our memes. BR meme game is top notch.
That's the essence of our country
I am a Trinidadian that lives in Brazil, not too far from Londrina, in fact it's one of my favorite weekend getaways, and it's great that you got to experience a part of Brazil that not a lotta people see, and is definitely underappreciated. Foz is amazing as well, and not just because it is the gateway to cheap shopping in Paraguay!
Im loving this "letter to" series :) . Im a Brazilian living abroad, and I sure miss my country. Not gonna lie, this video got me a bit sentimental. You have an acute eye for details, Barbs. Its nice seeing things through your perspective. Thank you so much.
Ha ha, thank you, I love making these videos
Im a Brazilian man living inthe USA for 25 years now, but I miss my country so bad ! ❤
This was such a beautiful video! I moved to Salvador de Bahia a few years ago and absolutely love it. It you make your way down here again, the north and northeast deserve its own trip and I would love to show you around!
So south of Brazil reminds me very much of the American southeast. Highway transit, billboards around everywhere, giant fruits sculptures or statues, fields of soy. Although the southeast doesn’t have as large swaths of land full of the crop, I’ll give that to Brazil. This was an amazing video Barbs. Best Regards from N.C
I haven't spent a whole lot of time in the South, but the few times I have been there (mainly Georgia and Louisiana) I didn't see any giant sculptures of fruit. Are those more a North Carolina thing? (They and other "big things" sculptures are also popular in Australia.)
@@andyjay729 there are some in Georgia. Mainly what I am aiming at with this comment are staple landmarks and points of interests that a town claim as their identities. One I know for a fact is the Gaffney Peach in S.C. It’s a water tower on the major highway from Atlanta GA up to Charlotte N.C. It’s not just fruits though, it can be any staple of a town or, for example, cash crops. For instance the peach is because South Carolina is the second most producing state for peaches after California and right before third place spot which is Georgia. Furthermore, the county and town in S.C is known for peach orchards and growing peaches. Another example of staple products being made into mascots, icons or landmarks is in Japan or the American Midwest. I don’t know if the grape statue in the video is a staple of the town but with the examples that I know it seems very similar. Basically there are snippets of pride within an agrarian lifestyle in these places.
the rest of brazil looks like that too,there are differences of course, but highways and billboards? really? you think people in the other 4 regions are horse riding in the middle of the jungle? LMAO
@@thepinktreeclub No one has said or implied that
@@Frey_2026 i saw the les routes l'impossible episode, mfs go to the middle of nowhere in the middle of the mkin amazon where its literally prohibited to build stuff without fistfighting a thousand triggered european environmentalists and go "haha here brazil" ffs
You can't help but fall in love with Brazil. Hoping to return soon! I spent the summer of 2016 (winter in Brazil) in Londrina, and it feels like a home to me.
You love the crime, don´t you?
Interior de estado, cidades abaixo de 500 mil habitantes, não tem tantos crimes...tem mais não tudo isso@@PROVOCATEURSK
@@PROVOCATEURSKwtf are u even saying?
@@Brunnuprobably about politics, don't even mind. Kinda true tough...
@@Brunnubruh I thought you were gringo kkkkkkkk
I get to travel for work and this year I visited Brazil twice. It’s such an interesting place as an American. I feel so comfortable and at home. It reminded me so much of the states, but brighter and more vibrant. It’s an amazing place.
💀
I'm glad tou liked it :)
@@epoilcaWhy are you deas
"Reminded me so much of the states"
Yeah sure, but with 6x lower GDP per capita.
@@Mussolinibenitooo Who cares about GDP per capita, it's still a good country
I'm so happy you went to Brazil!! So cool!
Glad to see that you didn't go all "touristy" when picking the spots to visit.
You got me so homesick!
Born and raised in Sao Paulo, but left the country in 2007.
Hope you enjoyed our diversity, and friendly people. And, of course, the food!! 😃
Londrina mentioned!
Hope you enjoyed your stay, not a ton of stuff to do compared to São Paulo but it's still a pretty fun city, been living here for 26 years :V
glad you enjoyed brazil, barbs. got the “non-touristy” experience. i hope you felt at home, and that you come back soon, i guess you’ll enjoy the northeast and north quite a lot! it’s a whole different world!
It was amazing 🙏👏👏
I like that you take your mum places. Thats something i hope to do when i get older ❤
If you want to have money when older, study and buy bitcoins.
If you want your son to take you to places, find a good father and raise him well.
You spent some time near where I grew up in Sao Paulo. I've been following your channel since 2017. Many of your videos helped, and inspired me to create my own videos (many of which got more than a million views, so thank you!!)
Salve
Teus canais são muito bons também. Acompanho os dois há muitos anos. Muito legal ler esse comentário aqui.
Grande Scapella, OMG I had to pause and read the `Comanda` to find he was on Itaim Paulista - SP, yep I as well grew up and lived nearby the place he was. But might say it's not Favela, despite of I comprehend his point of view.
Cool video. I liked it, specially the (somewhat sentimental) ending. Thank you for depicting us in a good manner.
I'm from São Paulo living in Foz do Iguaçu. Absolutely loved your video! Oh yeah, and my mom is Korean also. Saudações do Brasil!
Thank you for this video. I'm not even brazilian but I have brazilian roots and I have always been fascinated with the culture, the music ( Villa-Lobos fan to the max), and mostly the people. My brazilian friends say I'm the most brazilian portuguese person they know. If you ever wanna visit Porto, Portugal, I'll be here so hit me up. Obrigada
Que bom ver um comentário tão afetuoso de uma portuguesa; até aquece o coração. Também sou fascinado pelo seu belo país e, em breve, farei uma segunda visita. Com certeza, a cidade do Porto estará em meu roteiro turístico, já que não a conheço. Abraços do outro lado do Atlântico!
Fofinha! 🥰🥰
Meiga
We love the "Ah S*** I F***ed it Up!" in the first 20 seconds of the video
It was only made better by the fact that he had to have his mom come in and do it right for him. So adorable!
And wait, is this them first time he use the word tw*t????
Who's we?
A reference to my hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska was not what I expected in this video.
😂😂
This is the first time I ever saw someone experiencing the TRUE Brazil ! This is definitely a true experience about how we actually live our lives. Not on a Turistic way of going over expensive churrascarias and seeing something that every other Turist saw. For a second you brought me back (I'm living in UK on this momento). Thank you
What a nice video! I'm Brazilian from Bahia (in the northeast) but now I'm living in Tocantins, in the north. You shoul come and visit Tocantins someday, to visit Tocantins and Araguaia rivers in July. You'd love them.
Cara esse começo é simplesmente o melhor vídeo que já vi gringo fazendo de São Paulo... sem aquela glamurização dos pontos turisticos e pegando a realidade da maioria da população.... amei muito ❤
Pensei o mesmo!
So you may not know this but Londrina is jot that small by international standarts, it's only small in Brazil standarts. Brazil urbanized very quickly so a few cities concentrated a lot more population than like the US. Londrina acctually has over 500 thousand people.
Sounds like California and Texas. A lot of their "literally who" cities have more people than the biggest cities of some other states.
It's like if Barbs came to the UK and called Sheffield small, right?😅
I was confused when he called it small while showing a huge expanse of high-rises.
Yea its a mid sized city
@@robertwilloughby8050 something like that but it’s only the 37th largest city in the country
20:36 😂 Are you sure you are not Brazilian?
Man you really had an authentic brazilian experience. Celebrating new years in a favela, getting fruits from the streets. Big kudos for you!
Dude what an amazing video!! Next time you should go to Nordeste (Bahia and Pernambuco), its amazing too and you will see the cultural diferences!
I live abrod since 2022 and your video made me cry lol
I miss Brazil so much man.
You are always welcome here!
Thank you for truly seeing my country. You went beyond stereotypes, you had an open mind, and you have no idea how much that means to us.
So cool, I'm also from Paraná's countryside and loved the way you portrayed your experience. I have been living in the capital for many years and whenever I travel back to visit family, it's incredibly touchy to see the fields, breath the clean air and see stars. Kudos for the video
wow what a beautiful country! I'm so jealous of their greenery and fruits!
Hi, Barbs, GN’s Brazilian fan here 🙋🏼♀ That’s such a cool video, thanks for visiting my wonderful country 🇧🇷 I love that you tried cupuaçu, churrasco, and pão de queijo! Next time make sure you try açaí too! When you come back, besides Lençóis Maranhenses, you have to visit Rio, Florianópolis, and Fernando de Noronha Island, these are the most beautiful locations in Brazil 🤩
He did have açaí, it’s around 18:20.
@@antoniodutra2128,
But that's the mainstream type of açaí.
You can get pão de queijo in American stores.
floripa é meio paia sinceramente
Your going to Brazil was took to a whole new level 😂
I mean I just really wanted jabuticaba & jackfruit…
I don’t blame you they are tasty
@@GeographyNow *goes to Brazil for cheap coconuts*
@@GeographyNow,
Like coconut, jackfruit is also very cheap to buy. Actually, fruits in general are cheap here in Brazil.
Many houses also have fruit trees in the backyard such as mango, acerola, rose apple, star fruit, and others.
It is very common for children to "invade" other people's backyards in the countryside to pick guava from the tree.
@@brunnomenxa i had a guava tree on my lawn for like 30 years. it died a bunch of times even, but a single off-shoot branch from the roots always survived and grew again into a "new" tree. loved that thing. and my dogs, and wild birds loved eating the generous amounts of guava that tree gave (it was kind of a chore, when it was season for it, it covered the entire lawn in rotting fruit every day :P)
but alas, the tree was ever more weak, and an ant colony hollowed it out, and one day, i pulled a branch down to reach for a guava, and the whole tree snapped in half. this time, the roots were so damaged by ants that the tree did not recover. rip guava tree.
Fyi Brazil has always taken the AIDS epidemic very seriously. That’s why the free condoms everywhere and the very good sexual education
As a german I kinda felt his reaction was quite us-american and influenced by their puritan culture ^^'
Also, condoms are not cheap (at least from my point of view). So imagine having a kid because you didn't have money them. I think this is also one of the reasons for those free condoms campaing
@@enricoprioli7645 yup, we consider condoms to be part of public health. You can walk into any public hospital in Brazil and ask for condoms, they will give it to you.
@@SpeedOfTheEarththey fck a lot in brasil
Don't forget the PREP and PEP treatment you can get for free in any public Hospital.
I was recommended to watch this video a few days ago, and now watching it made me remember how much I love when people from outside visit Brazil. I'm not sure if it's because I like to meet new people from other parts of the world, or if it's because they can experience things with such a genuine fascination to the things here, it's just so magical when you get to see someone unaffected with the blury lens of a day to day life here, because as your friend Diogo said, we joke around a lot with our problems while trying to move around it and be happy, afterall, "what can we do?". Thank you so much for this video, it was a great time watching it! (and a hi from another state of south of Brazil too!) c:
Muito bom!!!! Gostei muito do vídeo e do inglês bastante claro e sem sotaque pesado.
So cool!!! I've liked so much this video of yours, and the so clear and with no hard accents English language in it spoken. Congrats.
Being Brazilian, it’s so emotional for me to see this little piece of my loved country depicted here. There were so familiar places that I can feel the world can appreciate it genuinely. Next time, come to Minas Gerais and pleeeease, anywhere in Northeast region. It will be like another country, but still very much as Brazilian then any other place of this so beloved country.
Hey, Barbs. Thanks once again for this video format.
Looks like the part of Brazil you got. To see has a very relaxed and "go with the flow" vibe.
And Mama Barbs basically fits right in any part of the world. ❤
We both loved this experience, Brazil is amazing🇧🇷👏
15:45 that "Rapazz..." was such a classic hahaha. I think Diogo pretty much said it all, we are a happy go lucky people(well, at least most of us, looking at you Curitiba), and despite all the problems within our country, we always just laugh it out and keep on going, sometimes in the "brazilian way" haha. There's a saying here that translates to "better to laugh than cry" and sums up everything. Hope you can come to the Northeast of Brazil Barbs! Cheers from a brazilian GN viewer 🇧🇷
o curitibano médio ainda é muito mais alegre que qualquer europeu, kkkkkkk
As a Brazilian…. Hearing from another Brazilian that “rules are suggestions for Brazilians” kills me.
Still, I am glad you got the opportunity to visit Foz do Iguaçu and had a good time in Brasil 🇧🇷
great video!
I think I can say that you can consider that you had some great Brazilian days, from the simplest to the most special. There wasn't Carnival on TV, nor any crazy soccer games, but you experienced many of the cool things and investigated details of the not so cool ones (I think you'll find a good parallel if you watch "Tropa de Elite" and "Cidade de Deus", and yes, these movies are very faithful to reality). I hope that next time you can get to know the Northeast, one of our most beautiful regions, where the poverty of many families is not erased by the wealth they have both on earth and in their hearts. Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed our big little house.
Paul, when I first started watching you I was in high school here in Brazil, now I'm a senior majoring GEOGRAPHY! You don't know how much this means to me!
You are a very dutiful son. You have taken you're mother to everywhere she wants to go, more than 99% of the people of the world get to go.
As he should
@@epoilca should? Not exactly. It is not a son's duty to take his mom on trips. This is quite extra (in a good way) of him.
@@---.----- Im talking abt taking his mom where she wants to go, being her friend
@@epoilca weird standards for friendships, but ok!
The new year eve made me tear up a little bit, Brazilians always spends new year eve with family and very close friends and this reminded me of mi childhood with my late gramps and all the family members that dont come together anymore to celebrate, for me it was the best part of the video showing how we are united and happy even if the situation i'snt the best.
Love your channel and you as a person (and your mom too!). Thank you for coming to Brazil! S2
As a Londrinense myself I'm glad to see my city represented in your channel! ❤
"Drunk Russian speaking Spanish" as he's got a bottle of Kvass in front of him. 😂
Drinking kvass, you'll OD on sugar faster than you get drunk.
That's an easter egg, because Paraná is the Brazilian Russia.
I’m from Maringá and I was very happy that you came to Paraná and showed the great aspects of our state to the World 😄
And gave your city an accidental mention! 🤣
@@GeographyNow Kkkkkk yeah, it’s true
“We are now going to Maringa? Marialva!” 😂
MUCH LOVE FROM ARMENIA ❤🇦🇲
Wow, that is the most authentic Brazilian visit I have ever seen. Amazing content. Congrats, man. I know you had a truely great time and great friends over there.
I hadn't heard of your channel before, but for some reason, the algorithm recommended this video, perhaps because I live just shy of 100 km from Londrina.
Man, I LOVE the honest and realistic depiction of the day-to-day life of ordinary people, not glamorized.
Success to your channel, brother.
Im goin to Londrina is 2 weeks, weird to see it called "random nowhere" given its the second biggest city of my state
entendo ele porque é meio “random nowhere” comparado a todas as outras cidades famosas do brasil kkkk
Cuba, Brazil, and Colombia are all at the top of my next places to go list.
BRO I want to visit Brazil SO MUCH. Thanks for this
7:28 Fun fact: It is all true, I couldn't believe, so I contacted a friend from Brazil, and he confirmed it! lol
It was only São Paulo! Tiririca got elected in a similar way to Zelensky's Ukraine election! Both came from comedy into politics, showing how frustrated people are with the system. Tiririca’s "Pior que tá não fica" vibe is similar to Zelensky’s TV show president who actually became president. Both got elected as a protest against the political establishment, and both actually did work seriously (sometimes) in their positions.
Matter of fact he wasn't even bad at it tho ç.ç the actual politicians are hell here
Not only that, he was the most voted congressman. But at least he was more serious than most at work
He was actually the congressman to attend the highest amount of meetings during his tenure, and even authored a couple of laws pertinent to the circus workers community, the one he was actually knowledgeable about. Overall, a better than most politicians in Brazil, despite his run being a straight up joke / protest thing.
The funny/sad thing is that recently on a TV show he was asked if things had gotten worse and he answered "yes" 🤣 Living in Brazil is difficult bro
That was such a great video, sometimes an outsider perspective can make it so is possible to see the entire picture of the country i live in better, thank you.
Daaammmmmmm!
Man, I don't know why, but the end of this video hit me in the feelings...
Sometimes we can forget how our own country is so big and beautiful, and how each moment can and should be appreciated!
Anyway, Welcome to Brazil! And don't forget to meet Minas Gerais next time!
Good job on this video. I love how it's structured like a letter, rather than the usual, boring and beaten template of an "essay" like everything on youtube. it makes it so much fresher to watch. It was a fun and interesting watch. thanks.
Hey Paul, What's up?!
I'm Brazilian and I have been following you since the episode about... Brazil!
On that day I got curious about what do other countries think about Brazil? So I searched on RUclips and found your video (It had been release a few months before). And, cause I love geography as well, on that day I watched almost all the videos you had made by that point.
Glad you enjoyed visiting this crazy country.
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Funny enough I flew home on New Year's Eve from Brazilia after spending Christmas with some distant relatives. I did go out to the countryside and got to see Pirenópolis. But the food was on a whole different level of delicious. I'm glad you were able to experience the Southern part of Brazil. I would love to do that someday
I live in Londrina, just by that grocery store you visited (muffato JK), and I'm happy you enjoyed the city 🫶🏽 Fun to see you pick the jackfruit right from the tree 😂 (it may be in the middle of nowhere, but definitely not a small city, for brazilian standards). Hope you come back soon to know more of our country!
I would suggest you to visit Paraty, in Rio, most people just go to the capital, but Paraty is freaking magical. Absolutely stunning place to visit.
0:30 yes,I aways think about this Usa and Brazil have many similiarities,both are formed by europeans,africans,ameridians,asians. Both have big populationa of catolics and protestant
Olá brasileiro falando aqui, não se esqueça dos judeus dos alemães dos italianos nem dos japoneses e chineses
@@johnkleber1800 europeus se referem aos alemães,asiáticos se referem aos judeus,arabes,japoneses,chineses
I'm from São Paulo and used to live in Londrina. it was WEIRD to see Londrina through your eyes, at 14:25 you showed a mural wall that was SO CLOSE to my house, and was the midway point to my best friend's house, I'd walk down the avenue to her house!!
AWESOMEEE, as a Brazilian from the northeast region, your trip was amazing to understand Parana countryside, its beautiful! Come visit us here in Ceará east coast (most beautiful beaches haha).
I live in Londrina, and it was pretty amazing to see places that I go to in your video. I am working at Itaipu Binacional in Foz do Iguaçu, I Go there two weeks per month and love Foz. Thanks for the vídeo and be welcome every time.
That's such a cool video, Barb! I'm glad you had fun in Brazil. I'm from Paraná but I'm now living across the country, in Rio Grande do Norte, so to see you visiting Londrina brought up a lot of feelings hahaahah Hope to see you here again soon :)
I'm back to this channel after years and you're at mt country, I came back at the right time