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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 Indiana Jones 5
September 13th 2008

Oh wie schön ist Olinda!

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Indi5 in Olinda

Nach einer Nacht auf dem Flughafen landen wir morgens in Recife im Norden Brasiliens, um gleich weiter in das benachbarte Städtchen Olinda zu fahren. Wir nehmen die öffentlichen Busse, was nicht nur eine halbe Weltreise, sondern mit jeder Menge Gepäck, null Schlaf und ungewohnter Hitze eine wirkliche Herausforderung ist. Doch wir kommen ohne Kreislaufkollaps und mit all unserem Gepäck in unserer Unterkunft an und chillen den restlichen Vormittag erstmal am Pool, schließlich sind wir ja im Urlaub :-) Am Nachmittag machen wir uns dann zu einer Stadterkundung auf und stellen fest, dass Olind [View Full Entry]

fast geschafft - ganz schoen hueglige Stadt!

By Namast he
July 30th 2008

où et comment cela commença...

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le petit n'avion

Tout commença à 5h30 le 14 juillet 2008, nous étions à l’aéroport (Paris Charles de gaulle) depuis quelques heures déjà quand l’avion se plaça à la porte d’embarquement. Moi toute excitée, je n’attendais que le moment de décoller. Laureline bien moins enthousiaste - sans doute dû à une peur rationnelle de l’avion- me regardait amusée de par mon attitude de gamine de 5 ans face au petits n’avions. A tel point que je ne pu m’empêcher de prendre une photo. Nous devions décoller à 6h45… nous ne sommes parties qu’ 8h40… deux heures in [View Full Entry]

By Namast he
July 30th 2008

le premier matin

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de la chambre de la pousada

16 juillet. Le lendemain nous prenons le temps de discuter de nos impressions, de profiter du paysage et de nous familiariser avec les lieux. Le besoin de reprendre des forces se fait sentir mais réveillées à 5h30, nous avons deux heures à tuer avant le petit dej’… première expédition matinale, nous allons explorer les alentours… De retour à la pousada, nous prenons un petit déjeuner bien mérité et rencontrons Mike, un étranger comme nous, avec qui nous sympathisons et discuterons dans de grandes conversations sur le Brésil et autres voyages … Le reste de la journ [View Full Entry]

By mike allen
July 16th 2008

Olinda again

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Recife centro

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 before: George´s friends with the five year old triplets; with sadness in my heart, I said my farewells to Gabi, the hero who saved me from the clutches of the evil Pousado N´Janda, Adrianna, the delightful, intelligent, and warm host, saviour of the local cats, then Bruno and Carolina, the charming and fabulous partners of George on the yacht. Finally, to my Anamcara, George, [View Full Entry]

By Quatschtante
July 10th 2008

Olinda

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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 so I decided i wanted to get a move on! Also, I really wasnt having much fun with Richard at all and wasnt enjoying being around him, found it quite hard work so decided i wanted to go off on my own again! The night bus was actually really nice - it was a really nice bus and we got snacks and [View Full Entry]

By mike allen
June 30th 2008

More parties!

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Fernando from the air
The photos got published to the wrong blog. So shoot me. Here´s some arrival photos from the plane...

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 engloportospanofrancosign language again! So if Friday´s events were fun, Saturday´s were even more fascinating. Andre and Julio and I hit three more festas on Saturday, with me finally getting back to the pousada at 4:30 am all danced out! They had taken me to the local favella parties, the places that gringo´s don´t go unaccompanied, but with Julio and Andre I was given a ´free´ pass. What incredible scenes! [View Full Entry]

By mike allen
June 28th 2008

Festa, festa!

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on the top of the hill

What a crazy night that was! Andre walked me down to the 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 said no. But it was just me, so I thought, ´why not?´ So about 1:00am we roll back to the Pousada, having been to four parties, each of them featuring live bands playing loud forro music, everybody singing along and dancing it up, three of the festas were in the streets, one of them a quasi political/ poetry ´do´ in the middle [View Full Entry]

By rrruss
February 28th 2008

Olinda - An open-air art gallery

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Famous Artwork
Directly opposite our pousada

Backpacker heaven! We negotiated a price at the wonderful Casa Maloca 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 very well and we were sad to only stay for 3 nights. The kitchen was fantastic and to eat on the veranda overlooking the skyscrapers of Recife was quite something. Actually, sitting there for breakfast was a particular highlight too, with more than enough fresh tropical fruit, delicious coffee, mango juice and hot German bread. Bliss!! You don't jus [View Full Entry]

By Loirinha in Brasil
February 22nd 2008

Olinda

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Carnival leftovers

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 beautiful historic centre. And it was definately worth the return visit! The historic centre of Olinda sits up on a hill overlooking the Atlantic ocean. Its cobbled streets are filled with colonial buildings painted in a variety of different colours. But whats really great is the the cultural element of the city. On every street there are artist workshops and the sound [View Full Entry]

Historic Olinda - with new Recife in the background

By shuriken22
February 20th 2008

The Majesty of Iguazu

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Argentinian side of the Falls, Iguazu

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 around an excellent bird sanctuary and indulged in a helicopter flight over the falls. Feeling something like a military operation, the helicopter headed up river before rounding the bend and offering unsurpassed views of the falls in all their glory, circling several times for maximum sight seeing before rocking on back to base. In the afternoon we took the park bus (very good [View Full Entry]

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