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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 sahgolin
December 22nd 2009

Contando os dias South America » Brazil » Paraná

Olá pessoal! esse é meu primeiro post sobre o intercâmbio... e vou falar um pouco sobre como decidi embarcar nessa... Sempre tive muita vontade de conhecer a Europa e para fazer uma viagem de um mês, o tempo é pouco e o dinheiro gasto as vezes acaba sendo maior... então fui atrás de uma forma de fazer um intercâmbio, e poder passar mais tempo fora, conhecendo lugares, pessoas e culturas. Foi então que encontrei a empresa London Connexion, eles são de Jundiai, mas dão toda assistência necessária pra que vc realize seu intercâmbio sem muita dor de cabeça. A empresa é [View Full Entry]

By kjraschko
December 1st 2009

Back to Brazil and sustainable Curitiba South America » Brazil » Paraná » Curitiba

Sao Paulo cathedral

Back to Brazil and the sustainable Curitiba For our last day in Puerto Iguazu, we decide to take the local yellow bus El Practico to Iguazu Falls National Park. Having such a close and personal look at the falls on Wednesday we decide to forgo the steep price to take a second look and just have a relaxing walk. There are a myriad of colorful butterflies here at the park. So many so that they are pesky and seem to love the taste of tourist sweat. The garbage is a popular spot for a large S American striped mammal and the [View Full Entry]

By MariaS ntti
November 26th 2009

IGUASSUN PUTOUKSET 23.-26.11.2009 South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park

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IGUASSUN PUTOUKSET 23.-26.11.2009 Kartasta katsottuna Rio de Janeiro ja Sao Paolo näyttävät olevan ihan vierekkäin, mutta nelikaistaisella moottoritiellä tuhatta ja sataa ajaneelta bussilta meni kuitenkin viisi tuntia päästä perille. Kaksi tuntia tuhraantui Sao Paolon ruuhkissa. Foz do Iguaçun putouksetkin näyttävät olevan ihan lähellä mutta sinne kesti ajaa hyvää moottoritietä kahdeksantoista tuntia, joten koko matka kesti kaksikymmentäviisi tuntia. Nyt on nähty noin yksi prosentti koko maasta. Ja se mitä on nähty, on vaurasta, hyvin hoidettua maaseutua satoja ja taas satoja kilometriä. [View Full Entry]

By amatth11
November 8th 2009

Just a small shower South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu

The main form of transport in south america is the road.. So the long distance buses are actually quite something - the bus to Sao Paulo was better than most national express coaches, and the one onward was like business class, minus the champagne, of course! The first part of the trip meant following the coast for a couple of hours, all the while eying up the near cliff like sides of the coast mountains. Eventually the road made a break for it, with lots of hairpins and shear drops. Strangely we didn't seem to drop back down on the other [View Full Entry]

By jo et jon
October 29th 2009

Foz Do Iguazu, grandioooooozzzzzz South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park

les chutes du cote brezilien

Salut les amis, Apres avoir passee deux jours de reve sur l´Ilha do Mel, nous avons repasser une nuit a Curitiba pour pouvoir ensuite prendre le train de nuit direction Foz do Iguazu, a la frontiere Bresil-Argentine-Paraguay, comme cetait un long voyage (plus ou moins 10 heures de route) nous avons decide, d´un commun accord bien entendu, que nous prendrions le bus de nuit. Donc apres avoir passe une journee de plus a Curitiba, ma foi fort agreable, nous avons pris le bus a 22h15, un trajet qui passa tres vite puisque nous (enfin surtout moi) avons dormi toute la nuit, [View Full Entry]

By jo et jon
October 26th 2009

Curitiba nous voila!!!! South America » Brazil » Paraná » Curitiba

lÂ´ami des pigeons

Apres avoir trainer pres de la cote et dans des bled un peu perdus, nous voila a Curitiba, 900m d´altitude, 8 millions d´habitants et pleins de jolies choses a faire et a voir, ... et enfin...... du soleil ahhhhhhhhh [View Full Entry]

By Lizzy and Rick
October 22nd 2009

Iguazu Falls South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park

What a view

So it´s 7:30am, Friday 2nd October (Day 26) and we´re at the bus station at Paraty waiting for a bus to take us back to Sao Paulo. The bus departs at 8:30am and we arrive in Sao Paulo for 3pm. Once there we were hoping to able to jump straight on the bus to the Iguazu Falls but unfortunately the next one wasn´t until 6:30pm. During the wait we tried a Bob´s Burger which is basically like a McDonalds, however it was the most disgusting burger we´d ever eaten and also one of the most expensive! The bus journey was 16 [View Full Entry]

By A Travel Story
October 12th 2009

Cruising Iguazu Falls, Brazil South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu

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Last night we got off a plane in Iguaçu Falls in Brazil after 33 hours of traveling from Delhi. We are in a town called Foz do Iguaçu in the Brazilian state of Paraná, and tomorrow we will be on the Argentine side of the falls in a town called Puerto Iguazú. After checking in at our hotel, we walked three blocks where we found a strip of restaurants. They were all watching the soccer match between Brazil and Bolivia on large screen TVs. It is a very small town servicing tourists viewing the falls. Everyone was sitting outside cafe style [View Full Entry]

By chrisandnatSA
October 3rd 2009

Food update and Ilha Do Mel.... South America » Brazil » Paraná » Ilha do Mel

Currently on an island called Ilha Do Mel, 12 hours south west of Rio. Its raining so i thought i´d take 10 mins to blog about a VERY important experience i encountered in Rio that i forgot to mention in my Rio blog...and also to give Brazil some credit following my bashing about how bad the food can be here........... in Brazil they have pay per kilo restaurants! Now we´re talking.....one hungover day in Rio , Nat and i stumbled across a restaurant that we thought was all you can eat. As a massive fan of all you can eats (I [View Full Entry]

By David on tour
September 29th 2009

Iguacu Falls 2 - Days 7-8 South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park

Iguacu Falls - Argentina

After a good nights sleep in the hostel, it was time to visit the Argentinian side of the falls and at last the sun was out. On this side you could get up very close, there were two routes - one across the bottom of the falls and one at the top culminating in the Gargantua Diablo - the Devils throat, which is a crescent shaped drop where most of the water flows. I spent all day at the falls and they were truly mesmerising, the photos don't do justice to the power of the falling water so I have included [View Full Entry]

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