Rio De Janerio at sunset

Brazil - Florianopolis, Rio de Janerio and The Pantanal

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April 4th 2008
G'day, Well here we are, another day, another city, another country. We've just arrived in LaPaz, capital of Bolivia and are sitting at 3660m above sea level, which is over twice as high as Mount Hotham for those Aussies reading this. In the past few weeks since leaving Argentina and Iguazu we've covered some serious territory traveling from Florianopolis on the coast in southern Brasil, nort ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Rio de Janeiro » Copacabana

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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