Botanical Gardens

Rio de Janeiro

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December 5th 2008
I got no sleep on that bus trip - 6 hours later we arrived at our hostel: Alpha House and instead of going to sleep we set off to find banks and then to find food. We decided on a picnic in the Botanical Gardens to celebrate Bruce's birthday. The gardens were beautiful. It was like being in a forest, there was a little waterfall and streams, a lake and specialized greenhouses all over the place. W ... read more

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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