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Getting lost in Paraty

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July 11th 2008
Thursday 10th July We arrived in Sao Paulo bus station at around 9am after about a 15 hour bus journey from Iguazu. It had been a bit of an eventful journey. We had been on the bus for about 2 hours when the military boarded the bus all with fully loaded guns pointing at us. We sat very still as they searched nearly all of the guys on the bus. Poor Rob got a bit of a shock. He’d b ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Paraty

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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