Day 163 - Iguazu Falls, Brazil, Paraguay and the Itaipu Power Station
December 12th 2006 Today was our second morning in Puerto Iguazu and we were picked up early and whisked off to the Argentina / Brazil border. This journey took all of about 10 minutes. We had half-expected to see hordes of street kids astonishing us with their football skills as soon as we entered Brazil. In fact it turned out to be largely the same as Argentina, although all the signs were even less understandable
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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 
