Rio De Janeiro

Breezing through Rio to Aarial d’Ajuda

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November 18th 2012
Day 395 Friday 9th November It is goodbye to Ilha Grande today so we packed our bags had a great breakfast said our goodbyes and left for the port. As we walked down the beach we noticed that sometime this morning they had dug out the small stream leading into the beach and had made it difficult to cross. We watched some other tourists try to cross and sink into the sand and ... 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