Pao de Azucar (Sugar Loaf)

The Carica way

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June 8th 2005
Last night I went to a churrascaria with Francesco (the Italian in the hostel) It was delicious. We paid about $8 and had all the meat, rice, rolls (covered in butter) and salad we could eat. It was all delicious. The waiter just kept coming out with more meat to cut off and dump in our plate. It was hard to keep up with them! Communicating across 4 languages (english,portuguese,italian, and span ... 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