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                    <title>Bye bye South America...</title>
                    <description>So this is my last blog from the sunny climate of South America. It will be short and sweet as I am not very good at saying goodbye. The last four months have flown by and I know that I return to the UK with a much broader view of life however just how much it has changed me I think I will only find out in time. The changes have not been dramatic and I doubt that they can be seen on the outside b</description>
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                    <title>The F word</title>
                    <description>It would be strange to spend three months in Brazil without talking to you about Favelas. Favela is the name given to the shanty towns of Brazil. The favelas exist on the hill sides of Rio de Janeiro and the other major cities which many people will be aware of. They can also be found in other less well known and smaller towns for example in Foz do Iguau. Favelas are a somewhat confusing topic</description>
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                    <title>The Changing Face of the Church...</title>
                    <description>Brazil is known to be a Catholic country and this is evident on the streets of Rio de Janeiro where you can find an enormous number of churches. Each one however is very different to the one before. There are churches of all sizes and styles. I visited a few of these and was struck by the huge differences in appearance and feeling. On Easter Sunday we celebrated Mass in a relatively modern church</description>
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                    <title>Samba and steps</title>
                    <description>Think Rio and often people will think Carnival. It is after all probably the most famous celebration of Shrove Tuesday anywhere in the world. We picture Carnival running for one or maybe a few days and if you have seen pictures of the floats and dancers you will maybe have an inkling of the work involved behind the scenes but it is probably no more than that just an inkling. Here in Rio de Jane</description>
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                    <title>A Very Sweet View...</title>
                    <description>This evening I was feeling even braver than normal and I did something that I didnt think I would be able to do. No it wasnt anything stupidly dramatic like sky diving or hang gliding or any other crazy life endangering adrenaline thrill but seriously it was a big challenge for me. I went up to the top of Sugarloaf Mountain in the cable car. Now this is a big deal for me and I cant deny h</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/blog-720047.html</link>
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                    <title>Christ the Redeemer</title>
                    <description>I am not sure when I first saw the Christ the Redeemer statue on television or why it had such an impact on me I suspect it is a side effect of watching too many Bond films and others in that genre. But whatever the cause it has been a wish of mine ever since I was a child to visit this special venue a wish that with my fear of heights and my fear of flying I never expected to come true. Howeve</description>
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                    <title>And hello beaches of Rio...</title>
                    <description>And hello beaches of Rio indeed They really are something else almost as if they could inspire a song or two So I arrived in Rio this afternoon after a 2 hour flight from Foz do Iguau. It was a smooth enough flight and for someone who continues to suffer from a fear of flying I have to say that two hours does seem a very short flight nowadays. As we neared our destination I was even brave e</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/blog-719596.html</link>
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                    <title>Bye bye Foz do Iguau...</title>
                    <description>My days in Foz do Iguau are almost at an end the day after tomorrow I will heading to Rio de Janeiro to spend a few days taking in the main sights before the long flight back to Europe and then onwards to home. It is a strange feeling to leave a place that has become your home. After three months here I have become used to living out of my backpack to seeing the friendly faces of the staff eac</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Paran-/Foz-do-Igua-u/blog-719136.html</link>
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                    <title>And for afters...</title>
                    <description>And then after every good meal it is necessary to indulge in a lovely pudding to skip this important part of the meal would be rude There are a few healthy options but I have to say that there are many more unhealthy options obviously I have had to try them all so that I can tell you all about them so I am not to blame for my expanding waistlineSo lets start with the good news. I have eat</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Paran-/Foz-do-Igua-u/blog-717055.html</link>
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                    <title>Whats for Dinner</title>
                    <description>There is no guinea pig on offer on the dinner table in Brazil however the meals are still a little different from those served in the UK. The South American theme of eating a ridiculous amount of rice continues here although it isnt always accompanied by potatoes so that is a step in the right direction when it comes to the carbs balance Instead of potatoes we usually find beans or feijo as</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Paran-/Foz-do-Igua-u/blog-717023.html</link>
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                    <title>The beginning of the end...</title>
                    <description>Friday marked the beginning of the end of my journey as I completed my final shift at the Special Educational Needs school that I have been working in for over two months now. It was an emotional finish to what had been a very emotional week all in all a real rollercoaster ride.Part of the work that I have observed here and been part of is with very troubled youngsters who have need of real und</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Paran-/Foz-do-Igua-u/blog-716270.html</link>
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                    <title>Devil in the Moonlight...</title>
                    <description>Enthused by the success of my recent nocturnal outing I leapt at the opportunity to head out into the moonlight again. This time was the spectacular opportunity to visit the Iguazu Falls in Argentina. For just 4 days each month the Park is opened to allow people to enjoy the view of the Falls during the time of the Full Moon. So with passport in hand across the border I headed and went once more</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Iguazu-National-Park/blog-715636.html</link>
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                    <title>Seeing Stars...</title>
                    <description>Now as many of you know I am not really a night owl. Once the sun has set I prefer to be settled on the sofa or in bed already old before my time maybe but happy with it all definitely. However there are a few things in life that are best done after dark and seeing stars is one of them. So last night I set off for Itaipu Dam once more where they offer an astronomical experience.Now before I go</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Paran-/Foz-do-Igua-u/blog-714874.html</link>
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                    <title>Tea and a Temple...</title>
                    <description>Hi everyone sorry for the time it has taken for a new blog entry to arrive. Unfortunately I have spent most of this week in bed suffering from a horrible cold. Yes you heard right I have travelled to sub tropical Brazil and I have caught a cold. I know what youre thinking but here over the last few weeks we have had crazy changes in temperature each day and I think this may be the cause. It</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Paran-/Foz-do-Igua-u/blog-714705.html</link>
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                    <title>A singing rock and a trip to Paraguay...technically</title>
                    <description>So let me beginning by saying that visiting a Dam is not ususally at the top of my list of things to do. However after speaking with many of the locals here it quickly became apparent that this was a very special Dam. What makes it special Well the main thing is that this a Binational Dam a Power Plant that is owned managed and maintained by two countries equally. The Dam uses the water from t</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Paran-/Foz-do-Igua-u/blog-711417.html</link>
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                    <title>Ecomuseum  The effects of building a very big dam...</title>
                    <description>Today I visited an Ecomuseum this one is based near the border of Paraguay next to the enormous Itaipu Dam. I will tell you more of the actual construction workings and experience of the Dam next time but for today and the for the Ecomuseum I will concentrate on the planning that went into the Dam.So if you are going to build a Dam particulary one of this impressive size it turns out that there</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Paran-/Foz-do-Igua-u/blog-711410.html</link>
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                    <title>A Day or Two at the Seaside...</title>
                    <description>Every holiday requires a day or two at the seaside so again I had no choice but to relax and go with the expectation Only choosing which beach to visit in Floripa is a bit more tricky than at home as although the island is only 33 miles long and 11 miles wide it offers no less than 42 separate beaches to visit. This means that even though there are decisions to be made experimenting until you f</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Santa-Catarina/Florian-polis/blog-708314.html</link>
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                    <title>Floripa and Flip Flops</title>
                    <description>With the arrival of Easter came the arrival of the Easter Holidays Now I may be in another continent however it would be rude of me not to embrace the English tradition of having two weeks off for Easter so that is what I was forced into doing Life really is hardAfter the excitement of the Waterfalls we headed to the state of Santa Catarina and into its capital Florianpolis or Floripa as it</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Santa-Catarina/Florian-polis/blog-707832.html</link>
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                    <title>... and the Iguaz Falls</title>
                    <description>The day after meeting the Iguau Falls in Brazil we crossed the border and visited the Iguaz Falls a short ride away but a change in language and a change in title for the same water that runs along the river and over the edge.Entering the National Park in Argentina is a very different experience to that of Brazil and the time taken to visit the Falls is more than double the three hours that</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/Misiones/Puerto-Iguaz-/blog-707784.html</link>
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                    <title>At last the Iguau Falls...</title>
                    <description>So after four weeks in Foz do Iguau I finally make it to the Iguau Waterfalls the number one attraction in this area of Brazil. And I will tell you straightaway that they were more than worth the wait They are as amazing as I had imagined them to be and as beautiful as they had been reported to be.The falls themselves lie on the Iguau river part of the border between Argentina and Brazil</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Brazil/Paran-/Foz-do-Igua-u/Igua-u-National-Park/blog-707771.html</link>
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