Crazy Lenny

I lost my heart in Caraiva

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December 20th 2008
Our 2 year old guidebook describes Caraiva as "without electricity, cars, banks and phonelines...remote and beautiful". Since publication electricity has arrived but thankfully nothing else has changed. The bus from Trancoso leaves paved road quickly and then bounces down mud tracks that would be totally impassable after rain. Driving past fields of buffalo and plantations for 2 hours before being ... read more

South America » Brazil » Bahia

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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