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Iguaçu Falls

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January 28th 2008
So my first overnight bus ride (17 hours!) started rather unreassuringly when the guy sat next to me decided to say "you now we run the risk of being hijacked on this route dón´t you?". Sometimes speaking the local lingo is more of a hinderance than a help. Fortunately an hour of hearsay tales wasnt enough to stop me from sleeping, aided by the confort of long-distance buses in Brazil. This is n ... read more

South America » Brazil » Paraná » Foz do Iguaçu » Iguaçu National Park

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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