Capoeira show in the quadrado

Winter Holidays

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December 17th 2010
What's this?? Two blogs in one week?? Fear not, I'm not ill... I'm now on my summer holidays, and have decided it's time to do some retrospective blogging. In my previous blog Mi new flat I gave a very quick run through of some of the major events in the last 18 months, but to be fair, there was so much I missed out. So I've decided over the summer to look back in more detail over some of ... read more

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Arraial d'Ajuda

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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