Ouro Preto

The Golden Towns of Brazil - Ouro Preto and Paraty

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November 4th 2012
Day 381 Friday 26th October Today we are on the move again and getting the 9.30am bus back to Brasilia as the next bus is at 4.00pm and it makes our 7.15pm connection to Ouro Preto too tight. So after breakfast we started our journey with a confusing conversation with the woman running the hotel when we tried to check out, thankfully some other tourists stepped in who could sp ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Paraty

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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