Mercado Municipal

Paulista for a week

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August 9th 2010
Day 1: The beginning A mad house at SFO. I'm not used to peak-time traveling. In any case, arrived in DC ahead of schedule. But of course, the next flight was delayed - I knew it!!! That was because the agent was checking the visa one by one and the line was way out there even at the moment of departure...so primitive, what's up? Thanks to that though, I got to get some pointers, eve ... read more

South America » Brazil

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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