View from the top of the poço do diabo

Chapada Diamantina - and grammar!

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March 7th 2009
Here are photos of a few more sights around Lençóis. Otherwise, I thought I talk a little bit about the Portuguese language today. For whoever knows a decent amount of Spanish, Portuguese is pretty easy to pick up at a basic level. In fact, simply speaking Spanish with a Brazilian pronunciation will probably get you quite far. Naturally, speaking properly requires quite a lot more work. I'll ... read more

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Lençóis

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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