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Gold, diamonds and the world's best comfort food

January 9th 2013
Eager to get a taste of as many diverse regions of Brazil as I can in my whistle-stop seven week visit, I make another large hop south from Salvador (via Rio but that's for the next entry), leaving the tropics and the intoxicating Nordeste behind for something completely different. The state of Minas Gerais is Brazil's fourth largest (it's bigger than France) and second most po ... read more
South America » Brazil » Minas Gerais

Brazilian Flag 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
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