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Visiting the Amazon - Silves 3 to 7 November

November 9th 2009
Situated on an island in the middle of the river Urubu, an affluent of the Amazon the Pousada Aldeia dos Lagos was our attempt to do some “eco-tourism”. As a matter of fact we didn't want to end up in one of these lodges especially equipped for tourists and which, while they certainly show you some aseptic version of the forest nevertheless cut you off from the real thing. Like all the other d ... read more

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Benoit and Robson

Ben and Robson

We are a couple, Benoit and Robson who decided to tour the world for 1 year. This blog was to keep contact with family and friends. Our trip started in April 2009 and we came back home in April 2010. From London we headed east with Istanbul as our first stop. Six months later, in October 2009 we ended up in Brazil where we stayed till April 2010. We mainly stayed in the state of Santa Catarina where Robson's family lives. We however mangaged to travel quite a bit as well, to the North, the Amazon, Curitiba, Rioa Grande do Sul and ... we went to Rio and participated i... full info

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