Dolphin Watchers the Yacht

Sailing

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July 14th 2008
Yesterday was another solid rainy/cloudy day. In the early evening it started raining particularly hard. I did go for a swim in the port earlier, where I followed a couple of turtles around for a while, but it was getting late by the time I went in and, with the waves coming in strong and not much sun, it only took thirty minutes before starting to feel cold. The sky held banks of those flat bo ... read more

South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Fernando de Noronha

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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