Gold, diamonds and the world's best comfort food

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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 populo... Read Full Entry

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