Bag lady going from Bolivia to Brazil

Beach, Caipirinhas, Football - got to be Brazil

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February 19th 2009
So we are in a taxi on the way to get our Brazil entry stamps and the taxi driver went down a street, slammed on his breaks, hurriedly reversed and went down a different street. He goes police and flashbacks of Peru came back to me and I thought not again, but we got there without further problems. The immigration guy went to stamp on my observations page and I said, kinda loudly cos it panicked ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » 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