Bec on Beach at Abraao

Ilha Grande

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April 14th 2009
A Tropical Paradise We arrived to Rodoviaria Novo Rio at 4:30am only to discover that Clive had lost the bus tickets we had bussed out to buy the day before! Lucky it was Clive who lost them and so tantrums were kept to a minimum! Thankfully there were tickets still available which meant we had 4 seats instead of 2! This was short trip, only 3 hours to Angra dos Reis, where w ... read more

South America » Brazil » 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