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Background: 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 the country when in 1985 the military regime peacefully ceded power to civilian rulers. Brazil continues to pursue industrial and agricultural growth and development of its interior. Exploiting vast natural resources and a large labor pool, it is today South America's leading economic power and a regional leader. Highly unequal income distribution remains a pressing problem.

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By Beckman
July 12th 2008

pictures South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

me cph airport
i was very weird and tired in y head, had slept about 1 and a half hour

i cant understand how to upload pictures... so annoying.. [View Full Entry]

By Beckman
July 10th 2008

things are falling in to place South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

Hey... I went to my first portugese lesson today, and the teacher is really nice.. she doesnt speak much english, which i think actually is quite good for me. Because then i cant just talk english all the time. i need to get used to this language. I have also been to my first dance lesson over here.. theres the most amazing school real near to where i live thats called escola de danca (the dance school) and there are classes all day and you can just show up or get on a course for a month for only 60 danish [View Full Entry]

By Em Around The World
July 9th 2008

One month already! South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

Photo 1

Ok, I haven t updated the blog for a while, no worries i m still safe and sound! It s hard to find the time have fun and talk about it! And to be honnest, I have tried many times to upload some pictures but the computer would never let me uplaods many at the same time so it s a pain to do them one by one so i just gave up... I need to find a solution to share them though cause some of the place here are quite amazing! Ok, to summarise what happened for the last 2 [View Full Entry]

By Quatschtante
July 9th 2008

Salvador Photos! :o) South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

Drinks on the balcony with the German and Swiss girls!

Heylo!! here are the photos from Salvador....!! :o) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [View Full Entry]

By Beckman
July 7th 2008

Im in brazil South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

Hey Yall I have now been here for four days and it already feels like ive been here for 2 weeks. I have done so many things and talked to so many people and been turisting with the family and so on. I went to a capoiera (dont know how to spell that) class today with my bro Morten. It was weird i dont think i like to do that again but it was interesting, yet weird. But i found a really cool dance school where they have free hip hop courses. yay! And the also have contemporary and jazz .. [View Full Entry]

By Quatschtante
July 6th 2008

Salvador! South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

Hey everyone!! Sorry but this is going to have to be a quick entry as i dont have much time left on the internet (no internet in the hostel here so im in an internet cafe!) and im afraid i dont have my camera cable with me either so ill have to upload the fotos another time! sorry! :o( Got to Salvador after the nightmare bus journey on Wednesday night! Stayed in a really cool hostel run by travellers so they were really relaxed and friendly! Didnt meet anyone that first night and ended up having a really early night because [View Full Entry]

By karenandpaul
July 5th 2008

Sizzling Salvador! South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

Salvador cafe
They know how to brighten things up

Given the past few weeks of long bus journeys we decided to treat ourselves and fly from Manaus to Salvador :-) After a few hours on an aeroplane we arrived to Salvador in the wee hours of the morning. Unfortunately the hostel we booked for our first night was really really dirty so we moved first thing the following morning to a more central hostel in the old town called Laranjares (brilliant hostel with fantastic staff and facilities). We spent the next couple of days chilling in Salvador, wandering around the streets and visiting churches and local plazas. Despite the poor [View Full Entry]

By south america awesomeness TM
June 14th 2008

Salvador de Bahia 12th - 14th June South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

Salvador is a beautiful colonial city looking out over the South Atlantic - cobbled streets and brightly coloured buildings. Often called Africa in exile due to it's mainly afro-carribean population, we certainly felt like we stood out here more than anywhere (Katie especially). Food in Salvador was far spicier than in the rest of Brazil on account of this, which was certainly a welcome variation. As was a deliecious type of meat called "Carne do Sol" - beef that had been salted and then sun dried (a variation called "Carne do sol y luna" we reasoned was simply the same stuff [View Full Entry]

By desiprince786
June 14th 2008

Carnival Blog South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

When I was told back in September I would be going to Carnival I couldn’t believe it, carnival is suppose to be the number one festival and this year I would be a part of it…wow. As time went by I didn’t think too much about it until we went to Brazil, for the first time I experienced their traditional music called Samba in Sao Paulo, and it was love at first sound. Samba is a type of music, played in Portuguese, by 5-20 people performing in a band and they all play together while the whole crowd sing along. [View Full Entry]

By Fabiola Duran
June 4th 2008

WOW South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

Hi all! So I have been here in Brasil for about 5 days now and I am having a blast. The people here are amazing. All of us volunteers live in a three story house in a middle class area of Salvador. The beach is about 10 minutes away by foot and I am there any chance I get! I am about 2 shades darker already... Last night we went to the historic part of Salvador named Pelohrinho. Every Tuesday night the town has live music, dancing and lots of food and drinks!!! 8) We danced the night away, it was [View Full Entry]

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