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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 MariaS ntti
November 9th 2009

Rio de Janeiro 4.-9.11.2009 South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro

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RIO DE JANEIRO 4.-9.11.2009 Olen käynyt postissa ja tullissa etsimässä Ecuadorista itselleni lähettämääni postipakettia, joka sisältää kaikki kesävaatteeni uimapukuineen kaikkineen. Olen ostanut kaksikin brasilialaista SIM-korttia, joista kumpikaan ei toimi, ja lisäksi ulkomaanpuheluita varten erillisen kortin, joka ei myöskään toimi. Olen käynyt silmälääkärissä, joka totesi silmien voivan hyvin, mutta määräsi kuitenkin vasempaan silmän hoitopiilolinssin, jota en uskalla käyttää. Kävin myös tilaamassa uudet lukulasit, koska edelliset varastettiin Otavalossa, Ecuadorissa. Olen istunut ka [View Full Entry]

By docey101
November 8th 2009

Weekend in Salvador South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

Crafts

So, on Friday, I went to this open market they have here called Feira de Sao Jaoquim. It's big with a section for fruits, weavings, meat, Candomble stuff, and random stuff. It stinks there. People (men) like to pee on the outsides of the porta-potties.. Gross. They have this "fair" every day in the morning until afternoon. It's in the lower city. It has a pretty bad stigma since it's supposed to be cheap and the poorer folks go there. But it's interesting. On Saturday I went to the Parque Metropolitano de Pituacu, and it's really nice there, it's next to [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 Scotteholden
November 7th 2009

premiro dias Rio South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Santa Teresa

Im still alive. Im in Rio. Having a great time. This city is incredible. I will make it short today and update with pics and more details soon. The bus, car and motorcycle drivers are freggin nuts. I really cant describe it. If you drove like this in the states you would go to jail. But somehow it works and no one crashes. People know how to drive here. I love it. My Portugese still is pathetic and not sure it will ever be good it seems. I dont have internet anymore so I will post when I can but got [View Full Entry]

By amatth11
November 5th 2009

Scorchio South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Paraty

So.. .(only kidding) We caught the boat back to the mainland yesterday, then travelled a couple of hours on a packed local bus down the coast, past a nuclear power station, and on to Paraty - an old colonial town with brightly coloured windows and doors, and roughly cobbled streets that flood at high tide. I say flood, but I guess that´s more at the Spring tides - it did come in a bit yesterday, and I went back to one of the churches last night to see if I could get a nice photo at the top of the tide, [View Full Entry]

By amatth11
November 3rd 2009

Just chilling South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Ilha Grande

So there's a crew of sixteen of us on the tour - i'm one of 2 brits, there are 2 from ireland, 2 from canada, and lots of aussies, and everyone seems really nice. We're spending a couple of nights on ilha grande, a small tropical island with really course sand, except on lopes mendez, where it was so fine it squeaked! Spent the afternoon there, and it was very hard to leave. Had tried my hand at body surfing, but that didn't go so well.. After a laid back evening I went kayaking today with Bec, one of the aussies, [View Full Entry]

By docey101
November 3rd 2009

Boninal South America » Brazil » Bahia » Chapada Diamantina National Park

Me..
sugarcane with a coat of sugar!

Boninal is somewhere 8 hours away by car, through the semiarid zone in Bahia. It's a small town with 15,000 residents. The town is mostly black (Bahian aspect). Most of the blacks work the manual jobs.. everyone gets along though. Actually, one of the grandparents of my host mom is a light-skinned black. Boninal is my host mother's hometown. She grew up there and came to Salvador to further her studies when she was 17 years old, and she got married and stayed in Salvador and her brothers returned after their studies and stayed in Boninal. I had a four-day weekend, [View Full Entry]

By Scotteholden
November 2nd 2009

day of the dead South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Saquarema

me + bike

Today in Brazil is the day of the dead. I guess the Brazillians celebrate the dead. Similar to Halloween. Last night was very big party in the city of Saquarema. I rode my bicycle down to the city and connected with an american that i met at a party two nights ago. Charlie is from Chicago. Very cool guy who knows many brazillians. We had a great time last night and i understand why now they call today the day of the dead. I am feeling like im very close to death. A lot of beer and Johnny Walker lastnight. I [View Full Entry]

By amatth11
October 31st 2009

And now for the next phase South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana

So I spent the whole of last night travelling and I´m just a bit knackered - will be heading off for a siesta shortly, but I´m back in Rio for one night to join the Intrepid tour - we head to Ilha Grande tomorrow, home of (apparently) the world´s 3rd best beach - I´ll have to let you know. Anyway, a little of what I´ve been up to in Bonito... Day 1 was the tombstoning - we did a walking tour along a river, with waterfalls, and jumped in for about 4 of them. The water was running brown as they [View Full Entry]

By Scotteholden
October 30th 2009

Im doing more nothing than you could imagine-Saquarema South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Saquarema

scott and nuson boozing it up again

Ok, ok Nayse got me to paint a couple of flower pots of hers today after our shopping adventures. Let's see the weather has been nice but not amazing, just not as much sun as I would like. Really who cares, right? It is above 75 degrees and Im a block away from the beach. Zero complaints. Oh yea, I really want to apologize to everyone because I have gone back and read some of my blogs and my grammar is atrocious, and so is my spelling. My god what was I thinking... I should be hung. So, if your offended [View Full Entry]

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