Salvador

Brazil is a bit of juggernaut really. Shouldnt be suprised but i am

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February 2nd 2008
Well since the last update I seem to have been more or less tagging along with a GAP.COM tour group. Bar the odd few days where I have disappeared. This been to regain my composure/credibility as an independent traveler, something like that anyway. So since leaving the place where my last blog ended I have generally just been clinging to the coast and rarely moving anywhere where I cannot see ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Centro

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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