View from the Pausada Veranda

This what greeted me when I walked through the lounge on to second veranda!

September 28th 2007
Fri 28th Sept: Last minute packing and taxi to airport. Plenty of time to spare - for a change! Flight was interesting; as we flew over a plateau region I noticed that there were large tracts of land divided into circles and each of these circles had crops in them or they were segmented with different crops or trees. I could not find the reason for this type of agriculture! It was hard to guage ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio Grande do Norte » Natal

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 t... ... read more

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Joe Shevlin

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Retired Headteacher of a London school, who, since the autumn of 2007 has travelled the countries of S. America - with the exception of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana). The first trip began in September 2007 and covered Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru; it ended in mid December with two of those months spent in Brazil and Argentina - the two largest countries. The second trip (March 1 - April 17 2009) was shorter - seven weeks- starting in Venezuela and continuing into Colombia and Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands. Though I had an outline ... full info

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