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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 amatth11
October 22nd 2009

Lost in rio South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Centro

Made it! The trip so far has done wonders for the carbon footprint - jfk and sao paulo before we landed at a damp rio. First view from the aeroplane was of shark's tooth mountains and a church perched on a big hill, and then I noticed the houses, scattered on the hills as if someone had fired a gun full of lego bricks at them. Then there was the traffic.. Am in the business district, and there are a few skyscrapers going up, but most everything else is portuguese colonial. You can't tell what shop is coming next, though - [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 Jobbergsma
October 21st 2009

RIO - HOOFDSTUK 1 South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Botafogo

Rio - Christo

G´day! Daar zijn we dan eindelijk! Momenteel heb ik er drieënhalve week Rio de Janeiro (een grote stad in Brazilië voor de distopografen) opzitten en nu de zon sinds een paar dagen eindelijk is gaan schijnen leek het mij voor het thuisfront gepast om even het schitterende klimaatcontrast bloot te leggen, aangezien ik heb gehoord dat het kwik in Nederland onlangs onder de symbolische ondergrens van nul graden is gedoken. Als u nu klappertandend achter uw beeldscherm zit, geef dan de thermostaat een slinger of haal uw winterjas uit de winterkast die u elk jaar met lede ogen open [View Full Entry]

By Wandering Star
October 21st 2009

Going to Rio? South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro

Hello there! I had the opportunity to go to Rio a couple of months ago and had a blast! Despite all of the fear that so many people tried to instill into my brain, as there is a lot of crime in the city, I had nothing short of an incredible and beautiful experience. I met my friend down there, and we traveled together, but I also did a little bit of traveling and exploring by myself.... I started to publish my videos from my trip, which you may visit at www.wanderingstarsguide.blogspot.com . In the meantime, I'm happy to answer any [View Full Entry]

By Robbie Mitchell
October 21st 2009

Rio South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro

Rio, Rio, Rio. What a place, after another 27 hour slog on a bus, we missed Flamengo Vs Sao Paulo. Took us three hours to get through bloody border police due to some idiots who weren´t allowed in so had to sit, for three hours slowly realising that the game was slowly drifting away. Worse still was speaking to all the guy in the bar when they got back telling us just how great it was! Moan aside it was a thew best place so far. We met up with Julio´s daughter Luine and her boyfriend diego for a local night [View Full Entry]

By Ellenenbart
October 21st 2009

Eerste week South America » Brazil » Ceará

Blue Wind - Kiteschool
2e pousada

Onze vlucht naar Fortaleza was lang maar is goed verlopen met een korte tussenstop in the big apple New York. Aangekomen in fortaleza, konden we meerijden naar Cumbuco met de taxi van een duitster die we in het vliegtuig ontmoet hebben. We hadden nog geen verblijfplaats, dus de taxi heeft ons afgezet aan het Sunset Beach Hotel. Een overnachting hier kost 20 eur per nacht (met ontbijt), wat een beetje veel was voor ons budget. We zijn dan ook op zoek gegaan naar iets goedkopers en hebben dat ook gevonden: Blue Wind. (zie fotos). Met spijt in het hart hebben we [View Full Entry]

By docey101
October 20th 2009

Morro de Sao Paulo weekend South America » Brazil » Bahia » Morro de São Paulo

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I spent a weekend on an island, it was very nice. Morro de Sao Paulo was where all the foreigners used to go and have fun and relax... anyway, that place was packed with foreigners and brazilians not native to Salvador. Totally a tourist town with family owned restaurants and inns. One of the things that bothered me was the sand wasn't clean... I just expected places that tourists go to get their beaches cleaned better. There were some kids picking up trash, but...I especially didnt want to walk too far from the surf barefooted with all the junk on the [View Full Entry]

By Natalie0210
October 20th 2009

Week Seven... South America » Brazil » Bahia » Lençóis

Hi all! Another exciting week here in Lençois. The kids decided to behave themselves a little better, you´ll be glad to here. We have a new volunteer, who is now living with me in the project house. He is a 28 year old from Recife in the north of Brazil. He is really nice, but for now I reserve my judgement as to how well the housing situation will work. At least he is a clean freak, so I don´t have to housetrain him! Things continue to go well for me here, and my Portuguese is coming on in leaps and [View Full Entry]

By jo et jon
October 20th 2009

enfin sec South America » Brazil

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voila de retour a la civilisation ce matin,et enfin sorti de cette plui ki na pas cesse depuis notre arrive. le sud du bresil est une region magnifique tres peut toucher par le tourisme on etait seul au monde apres avoir voyage d ile en iles pendant une semaine on est comeme content de retrouve les pti plaisir du citaden pendant kelke jours et surtou de secher nos vetement apres demain en route vers de nouveaux horizons ,le tant attendu foz d iguazu voici kelke jpg pour agreementer le tou biiiiiiiiizzzzzzzzzzzzzzz [View Full Entry]

By Lizzy and Rick
October 19th 2009

Paraty South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Paraty

Paraty Historical Centre
The cobbled streets of Paraty

29th September - Day 23 The bus from Angra to Paraty took 1 1/2 hours but this time we were on more of a local bus. There was no where to put our rucksacks and the seats were really not comfortable. As soon as we got to Paraty we were bombarded with different people trying to peddle their hostels. We looked at 1 place which claimed it had a pool but it was basically a paddling pool, full of dirt in their backgarden. We settled on this place called Family Hostel where we had a private room ensuite, double bed, fridge, [View Full Entry]

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