Heading to our boat

A very hard couple of days

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July 14th 2008
Saturday 12th July We left Paraty on a local bus and had a very scenic 2-3 hour ride. We had to go through a turnstyle on the bus which was a bit strange - to count us on apparently. The scenery was beautiful. We were driving along the coast for pretty much the whole journey and there were so many amazing white sandy beaches. If that wasn’t enough you could instead take in the lusc ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Ilha Grande

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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