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.
July 23rd 2008South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park I left Bonito, Brasil by twelve hour bus to arrive at the city of Foz de Iguaçu. We head out to see the Iguaçu Falls on the Brazillian side. The falls have two side one is on the Brazillian side and t ... 16 photos[full story]
July 6th 2008South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but to show you photos of Iguazu Falls just wouldn't do it justice - it's loud, grand and just takes ones breath away every time you turn around.
We sp ... [full story]
July 5th 2008South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park
I flew from Lima to Sao Paulo on monday. From Sao Paulo I went straight down to Foz do Iguazu to have a look at the famous waterfalls.
The falls are shared between Brasil and Argentina. I actuall ... 33 photos[full story]
July 9th 2008South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park Hi all,
Well we survived both the 3 hour truck ride and the 12 hour bus ride... to the border of Uruguay and Argentina, and then further to Brazil... Just a quick note to tell you that this is a th ... 31 photos[full story]
June 28th 2008South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park Having loved the falls from the Argentinian side I was wondering whether it would be quite as magnificent second time around. After getting up rediculously early we headed out and started the day off ... [full story]
June 27th 2008South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu Ever since having seen it on 'Megastructures' on the Discovery Channel I always thought that the Itaipu Dam would be a pretty awesome place to visit. I never thought I would ever get there but today I ... [full story]
June 16th 2008South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu Hello!! :o)
Sorry for the delay (again!!) - havent had much internet access the last few days but will make up for it now!! :o)
We left Sao Paulo on Tuesday afternoon and took the bus up to Foz ... 16 photos[full story]
June 11th 2008South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park So we´ve completed our move out of San Francisco via 3 door to door moving pods. Seemed like a pretty good idea when we signed up for it but when all of our belongings were sitting on the street in w ... [full story]
May 21st 2008South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu From Paraty we headed by bus to Foz do Iguaçu, it was a 22 hour journey which took us via Sao Paulo, where we stopped for 3 hours. As we arrived after dark, we only had enough time to eat dinner in t ... 25 photos[full story]
May 19th 2008South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park Hugh wanted a separate entry for the Brazilian side of the falls so that we get the whole of Brazil coloured in on our trip map! (H - well we did actually make it Brazil (if only for part of a day) an ... 14 photos[full story]
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