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Rio de Janeiro is almost impossibly marvellous, with its curving white beaches and city neighbourhoods studded with green-shrouded mountains, all facing the blue depths of the Atlantic Ocean.
BBC: Living in: Rio de Janeiro
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From big-city Montreal to the Atlantic-facing Nova Scotia capital of Halifax, the 1, 346km Ocean service is an almost 24-hour trip.
BBC: Majestic Canada, coast to coast
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The choice facing Canadians may be between much more of Mr Harper, or the arrival of coalition politics from across the Atlantic.
ECONOMIST: Canada's general election