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 16th 2008South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Olinda It turned out that I couldn´t stay the extra day on the island.
So yesterday, after a lovely day with George, Bruno, and Carol touring around to farms and eating with the same family as the night be ... [full story]
July 10th 2008South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Olinda Hello!!
Left Salvador on the nightbus at 7pm! Richard decided he wanted to go to an island nearby, which I didnt really want to go to - Brazil is so expensive and we´ve been here nearly 5 weeks now ... 14 photos[full story]
June 30th 2008South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Olinda What a great couple of days I´ve had! Started meeting people finally that spoke a little english, which was quite a relief after a week of portospanofrancosign language. Oh to speak engloportospanofra ... [full story]
June 28th 2008South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Olinda What a crazy night that was! Andre walked me down to ther internet cafe then invited me to join him for a party with some friends. Now if ´´Homeland Paci´´ had o´ been in town I probably would have sa ... [full story]
January 28th 2008South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Olinda Unfortunately, we didn't have much time for Olinda, but I'm glad we made the effort to get there and walk around because it's such a pretty place!
When we got back to Recife, from Fernando do Noron ... 11 photos[full story]
February 28th 2008South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Olinda Backpacker heaven! We negotiated a price at the wonderful which more than rivalled any hostel in town. Toni, the landlord, is from Slovakia but has lived in Brazil for 20 years. He looked after us ve ... 18 photos[full story]
February 20th 2008South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Olinda Setting off bright and early the next day, we drove out to the Brazilian side of the falls, where we saw a couple of guys engaged in a street fight (bricks and heads don´t mix very well), wandered aro ... [full story]
February 22nd 2008South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Olinda From Maceió we travelled up the coast to the UNESCO heritage town of Olinda. Although Olinda is just 6 km north of Recife, when Soraia and I were there we managed only to see its nightlife and not the ... 13 photos[full story]
February 14th 2008South America » Brazil » Pernambuco » Olinda Often referred to as the Paris of the South, BA does bear a striking resemblance to its European counterpart, even sporting a massive obelisk in the middle of its main thoroughfare, the massive 22-lan ... [full story]
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