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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 Tom1980
July 8th 2009

Arrival in Manaus and Farewell to Colombia South America » Brazil » Amazonas » Manaus

Greetings from the final South American County I will visit on this trip, Brazil. I have now just over 3 weeks in South America and given that Brazil is the largest country on the continent its going to be a rushed highlights package for me as I hightail it down to Sao Paulo to fly to Canada. Yesterday I flew from Tabatinga on the Brazillian side of the Brazil - Colombian border to Manaus, deep in the Amazon rainforest and a major port city of nearly 2 million, despite the fact it is over 1500km from the sea. The flight over [View Full Entry]

By Janeylew
July 7th 2009

Ole Ole Ole Ole Brazil! Brazil! South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana

Most exciting part of the city tour!

Hey!!! Well I guess this will be my last blog as I´m going home on Friday...boooo!!! The last part of the South America trip has definately been the best! Brazil is officially my favourite country! Well the city tour in Montevideo wasn~t the best...in fact about 5 people out of our group managed to fall asleep on it!!! Its not the most exciting city! We went out in the evening though and had a pretty big night so I guess that made up for it! We went to a bar that had a live band playing salsa music so we all [View Full Entry]

By jlbarbe2
July 7th 2009

Invasao! South America » Brazil » Pará » Belém

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Belem

So today we went to a butterfly and bird garden and to an old fort. Pretty sweet action. We also cooked for about 20 people; black bean burgers and Macoroni and Cheese again, because it was easy and cheap. Belem is a beautiful city and in the future I would like to maybe come back here and spend some more time. We were checking boat prices and found out that the only two boats to Santarem this week are tomorrow and friday. And seeing as how Josh has to be back in Sao Luis by the 15th we are heading out [View Full Entry]

By Sandra and Stephen
July 6th 2009

The Foz and Londrina South America » Brazil » Paraná

SM & Mr. Ed
Hes hungry, poor thing

Oi gente, We made it to Brazil.. Actually about a week ago- And now we are happily relaxing at my grandmothers house in my birth city, Londrina (that means little London). Its not that little though, and not really like London either for that matter. I may be biased, but I personally love it here. My family is enormous, and in line with the Brazilian stereotype, they are all incredibly welcoming and generous. I am having a blast introducing Stephen to favorite foods from my childhood, and reminiscing about the past. I think we are going to chill here for a [View Full Entry]

By jlbarbe2
July 6th 2009

Viagem Sem Assalto South America » Brazil » Pará » Belém

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I'm on a train!

The title means, "voyage without assault" Well, whether or not the shifty eyed creepy people had anything to do with it, listening to this bad feeling was absolutely the right decision. On the bus today we spoke to a woman who has been robbed 4 times on the buses between Maraba and Belem. She said that out of every 5 buses traveling the roads at night only 1 will make it safely and that these robberies happen every night. We were having this conversation as the sun was setting on our 9.5 hour journey and we still had 2 more hours [View Full Entry]

By Viajerong Pinoy
July 6th 2009

GOOD TIMES IN FLORIPA South America » Brazil » Santa Catarina » Florianópolis

JOAQUINA BEACH
ME,Photo by Noah Mencia

Arriving on a cloudy day in Floripa I decided to just chill in the hostel Tucano as this is my first day, the owner Caio a young dude is super cool as is the staff, all very friendly, it is the quiet season so not so much going on in the hostel, 6 people staying 5 of us guys all from the US and one Aussie girl. We decided to watch a movie to beat boredom so the texan dude pop the Last King of Scotland dvd and it was only me and him who finished the whole movie, the other [View Full Entry]

By jlbarbe2
July 5th 2009

Update South America » Brazil » Pará » Maraba

OK... so internet isn't so good here this will be short wanted to let everyone know we stayed the night in Maraba and will be taking a bus at 3pm to Belem. The Bus will take 8 hours so I should be there around 11pm some time (10pm florida, 9pm texas) and will try to update things then if I have internet. [View Full Entry]

By jlbarbe2
July 5th 2009

I have a bad feeling about this... South America » Brazil » Pará » Maraba

Alright well, about the title. I did not feel comfortable with the way things had been going and we talked it over and decided to switch our bus tickets for tomorrow morning at 10am and we switched hotels. It is probably just paranoia, but considering our location it is better to be safe and not take the risk. Besides, I just had a bad feeling about things and I have a tendency, especially when traveling, to listen to these sorts of things when I feel them. The internet is still not good, but this hotel is much much much better. It [View Full Entry]

By jlbarbe2
July 4th 2009

Don't Die, I Love You! South America » Brazil » Pará

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thats me in the red

So the title is a phrase we have started using alot between me kathryn and our homie Josh. He started it really. Kath as he calls her was going to pet his giant dog Rocky Rambo and he just blurted it out. We bought some tickets at the train station to Maraba because we were told it is cheaper to get to Belem. And since they couldn't provide a map nor information and since it is difficult to get to the train station to buy tickets, we made an adventurous decision. We bought tickets and talked our friend Josh into coming [View Full Entry]

By GoughyandJoey
July 3rd 2009

Rio South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana

Christ the Redeemer (plus clouds!)

Sad to leave the tranquility of Parati we hopped on yet another bus to head to Rio. The bus drove along the coast road so there were some pretty spectacular views, shame about the kid puking two rows behind! We arrived at Rio bus station, and after a brief domestic about whether we were on the right bus (we were!), we scrambled off to find ourselves in the world famous Copacabana district (cue much humming of the Barry Manilow classic). We had booked into a hostel that lauded itself as the best hostel in South America, as voted in the Telegraph. [View Full Entry]

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