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You can´t win them all

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July 24th 2006
Well, as you all probably expected knowing my internet addiction, here I am again on the internet because I´m bored. It´s not my fault . . . sort of. I decided to take a detour from my plans and jumped on a bus to Porto Seguro, about 300 km south my intended target of Salvador. Porto Seguro is the landing point of the very first Europeans here in 1500, by the Portuguese captain Cabral, and al ... read more

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Porto Seguro

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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