We have spent the past 3 days in a small beach town close to Buzios called Arraial do Cabo in the south of Brazil. but north of Rio de Janiero. Looking around, the place seems like it could be a real paradise. There are several large beaches, nice archetecture. The problem is, the rain. Its been pissing here nonstop! So we took advantage of the bleak, desparate ambience yesterday and visited a cemetary. This place puts a north american one to shame! It was eerie as hell, but also quite peaceful. A paradox! The graves were made out of porceline type [View Full Entry]

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Just returned from Ilha Grande, a big (i guess you can tell by the name) island about 4 hrs away from Rio de Janeiro. It was a georgous scene. So much jungle, big trees, sand, regaee and hiking. The island was used to house two prisons for the past 50 years, but the second one shut down in the early ninties. Nonetheless, it was a paradise compared to the chaos that it used to be! Apparently it had a dangerous reputation until recently, as prisoners used to escape quite frequently. This place was really pretty, but also really expensive. Because it [View Full Entry]

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