Parque Nacional de Itatiaia

Taken from the bus, while traveling from Rio to Sao Paulo

A second (slightly longer) time in Sao Paulo.

March 4th 2007
My first time was only for a few hours, while I changed airports and planes when flying from Salvador to Rio. The first time was quite good, as TAM provided a free shuttle bus and sitting next to me on the bus, was a guy called Marcel. He spoke very good English and acted as a sort of tour guide. He was also a Civil Engineer and every so often we would go past a tower block and he would say "t ... read more

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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

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In 2007 I wrote this blog to cover my trip to South America, where I mainly visited Argentina, Chile and Brazil (plus Uruguay and Easter Island). Now I find that I'm going on another long trip, this time 10 weeks in South Africa, although this time its not purely a holiday, it is for work. So I'm thinking I should start blogging again. Since its a work trip I am not sure how much travel I'll actually do and what I'll end up writing about but here goes... For those interested in the route of my South America trip its here: http://local.live.com/?v=2&cid=75456FDB9A08F501!106 ... full info

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