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Boipeba Island - Brazil's best kept secret

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December 24th 2008
Boipeba Island is a quiet, tropical island well off the coast of Salvador. It isn't really known to the tourists, who head to the much easier to access Morro Sao Paulo or Itaparika to hit the beaches. Knowing it was a difficult place to reach, we start early on our mission to get to Boipeba Island, getting an 8am taxi to the ferry terminal, just 10 minutes away. It was one of those mornings where ... read more

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Cairú » Boipebá

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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