Lazy Dog!

Ouro Preto – Working in a Gold Mine

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March 23rd 2008
We had quite a journey getting to Ouro Preto. In Trancoso we bought bus tickets from an agency from Porto Seguro to Belo Horizonte. The agency was supposed to open at 9am and at 10 the young lady nonchalantly strolled in without neither comment nor apology! She sold us our tickets for the 2pm departure and told us the transfer bus left at 11. That left us 45 minutes to return to our pousada, showe ... read more

South America » Brazil » Minas Gerais » Ouro Preto

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more