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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 Dan and Gina
July 26th 2005

São Luis South America » Brazil » Maranhão » São Luis

São Luis

From the tranquility and beauty of the small towns on the coast we made our way 4 hours north to our next stop, São Luis. We were looking forward to the city because of the historic centre where a number of buildings have been restored. Well its true that some have indeed been restored but its also true that most havent. The Lonely Planet describes São Luis as "one of Brazil´s architectural gems" - i have got to be honest - i have seen better architecture elsewhere in Brazil - more colonial and better preserved. I know that this is one [View Full Entry]

By LauraDom
July 25th 2005

3 Nights in the jungle DUN DUN DUN! South America » Brazil » Pantanal

Fish!

OOPS We put the Bonito pictures on here - check the Bonito blog for the Pantanal pics!! Well what an amazing few days we´ve had! Jaguars, Pirhannas (or something spelt similarly), swimming with Aligators and chasing anteaters. Now we´re in a town out of an oxfam advert! On the 24th we arrived in Campo Grande after 14 hours on the bus. It´s a rubbish little town, but we were so tired that we had to stay the night. As I said we bargained down the price fo the tickets and got a free night in the hotel. In the morning we [View Full Entry]

Feed them corn and they love you forever

By Adri
July 24th 2005

exhausted South America » Brazil » São Paulo » São Paulo

long entry made short - im exhausted. sao paulo is exhausting. i took the metro all over today and had fun walking around the paulista, where all the banks and shopping malls are. then i tried to go to the huge central park which i cant remember how to spell, got about halfway there and decided it was too difficult, so i took the bus up to praca da se, which is a piazza with a huge cathedral and a bunch of homeless people laying around, so then i jumped on the metro back to vila madalena, where joes house is, [View Full Entry]

By Austin
July 24th 2005

tu falles morte South America » Brazil » Pantanal

First off, the serious stuff, in case any poor unfortunates out there are actually refering to my blog for info on south america.... THE PANTANAL, do it, go and the tour group to do it with is ECOLOGICAL EXPEDITIONS based in Campo Grande, across from the bus station. They have their own buses/trucks and a camping ground/hammock lodge deep in the pantanal, all other groups tend to stick close to the few main roads that cross this incredible place! www.pantanaltrekking.com..... what an experience! we left paratai 5 days ago, where the...ehem...mexican was lovely; tasty and educational :p e [View Full Entry]

By LauraDom
July 24th 2005

14 hours later... Campo Grande South America » Brazil » Pantanal

Night buses are funny things. You sleep alot, but to call it sleep is lying to yourself.The seats are really comfy,and recline to almost lying down, but that little bit difference stops any real effect. plus the driver ran over something in the early hours... Anyway, yes,we got the bus to Campo Grande - two busses in fact, and 14 hours. now here we are, in the middle of nowhere in Nowheresville - a 50 horse town with nothing to entertain even one of them. Well we´re off tomorrow morning to tour the Pantanal for three days... so who cares. We [View Full Entry]

By Adri
July 24th 2005

another entry from today South America » Brazil » São Paulo » São Paulo

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a view from botanique site

so: i'm going to see if the photos upload. finally. also note: i deleted previous entries since i inadvertently included some things that shouldn't be public information. and there's no way to limit my blog to only my subscribers (people on my email list). my bad. mom, i'm getting some sleep! hopefully the punto tim store will be open tomorrow so i can get a sim card. i want to see dollhouse when i come back, will it still be playing? will you send me an email about whats new at home? gotta go study my portugese. [View Full Entry]

By Dom84
July 24th 2005

7. Campo Grande and the Pantanal South America » Brazil » Pantanal

Travelling on a budget is an adventure in itself. Thinking of ways to save a couple of Reals here and there is good fun, though ultimately pointless once you’ve then spent twice that amount on churros. One idea which does make a lot of sense is catching night-busses. You save the cost of a bed for the night and get where you want to go without losing too much of the day. When possible, go for a ‘cama’ bus. They are more expensive than the rubbish bus and a night in a hostel combined; but faster, more comfortable and allow what [View Full Entry]

By LauraDom
July 21st 2005

When it rains... South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu

Bastardo

It poured with rain today, then it stopped, then it poured again and then it bucketed. We still had a great time though. This morning we had in mind to get the bus to Assucao, the capital of Paraguay, tomorrow night. Then we saw a sign for cheap coach rides to Buenos Aires and thought that was a good idea, as Spanish lessons will be difficult to find in Paraguay, as untravelled and tourist-centred as it is. Anyway, we decided against both of those things, as they sidetracked from our trtekking plans in Peru and Bolvia too much (Buenos Aires is [View Full Entry]

By Dom84
July 21st 2005

6. South American birds South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu

Like I said before, travelling without plans is great, as long as you have enough time to do whatever takes your fancy along the way. Knowing your limits is frustrating. Countless places and activities get left behind with promises of coming back one day. We only had one place which we were desperate to go to: Macchu Picchu in Peru. Which was why our pouring over the cheap tickets to Asunción, Paraguay, and Buenos Aires, Argentina came to nothing. Instead we decided to hang around in Foz before heading off in a vaguely Westerly direction. We had been so impressed by [View Full Entry]

By LauraDom
July 20th 2005

the fonze put to shame South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu

Us and a man´s hand... oh and a spectacular view

After getting to Foz do Iguacu at 6am and in the freezing cold we weren´t in the best of moods, but still managed to walk all the way to the hostel (which took about 2 hours) to save money. After we got here we settled down and then headed out to explore the town. It´s nothing special, a bit like Curitiba really, but we weren´t here for the that, we were here for the billions of gallons of water that stream down the 250 waterfalls just down the road! A very impressive sight it was indeed, when we finally got there. [View Full Entry]

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