Making a Maracana Debut

Lapa dancing to the sound of the Maracana...

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February 6th 2005
Evening all, 9pm Sunday evening here and a lots happened since we mailed you last. Before getting into it, a quick bit of admin. If any of you don´t want to receive these regular updates feel free to unsubscribe yourself. We won´t be upset I promise!! Anyway, rest assured things will be a bit quieter for a while once we leave Rio on Thursday. Anyway, Friday night was something of a write off ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro

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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