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Brazil World Cup 2014 - Day 4

South America » Brazil » Goiás » Goiânia June 30th 2014

Anniyan1991

Got up fairly early this morning around 6am; but it wasn't really a problem because we seemed to be jet-lagged the opposite way than we should be : sleeping and getting up early. I guess it's not really jet-lag and we just end the day tired from all the activities and sleep early. Had breakfast at the hotel and hit the road a little after 7am. From then on it was almost a 2 hour drive to Brasilia, mostly on the highway. There were speed limits enforced electronically at regular intervals. The countryside was mostly large green fields and valleys. From what i gather this is cowboy and ranching country. We didn't see any cowboys riding horses unfortunately, but we did see a couple of people in the typical hat, as well as some cows and ... read more

Fishing at Lago Verde

South America » Brazil » Goiás » Goiânia January 15th 2012

Lake Trail

Alex and Jenn

We began our first Brazilian fishing trip by driving further into Central Brazil to a place called Lago Verde with a group of Embassy coworkers. With a quick stop at a roadside stand, we made the journey in about 3 and a half hours. After checking in and renting some fishing gear, we had our poles in the artificial lake and caught (and released) several small fish. Following a dinner break, we tried nightfishing for catfish for the first time. We didn't catch any catfish, but at midnight, Alex hooked a 26 pound tambaqui that took 30 minutes to reel in. The next day, we were back at it, and caught a few more small fish. In the late afternoon, a huge rainstorm hit, driving us to return home.... read more

Off the gringo trail

South America » Brazil » Goiás » Goiânia December 20th 2007

the remains of my meat

emnaaron

Thought i should write since i might be out of contact for a bit. Aaron should have touched down fairly recently. thanks for the birthday dinner!! we ran out of stuff to do in puerto iguazu so i actually ended up playing age of empires 3 at an internet cafe for half an hour haha.. then started going solo. the border crossing was the most pathetic yet, got exit stamped in argentina, then the brasil guy opened my passport and just stamped it smack in the middle of my egypt and tonga stamps, which annoyed me since i had plenty of blank pages, and tore off my entry card without looking at it, didnt look at my passport photo or yellow fever certificate either, or my pack. this also annoyed me because i could have brought ... read more

We are here safe

South America » Brazil » Goiás » Goiânia August 13th 2007

Team Brazil

Written by Ruben Simonsen We have finally arrived. Everyone is doing great, but we are also really tired. The 4 people i went with took first 1hour and 45 min flight to schweiz. Then around 12 hours to sao paolo, where we met the 5 others from our team and Marc (he is really cool btw), and his friend Leandro,(also cool) who showed us a bit around in sao paolo. After 11 hours we took the (luxury) bus to goiania. It took 15 hours, so we were kinda devastated when we finally arrived. We went to church shortly after our arrival, where we got to sing, and be prayed for. Allthough i did not understand much, i could really feel gods presence in the place, and we had a really great time. After that we picked ... read more

Brief history of Brazil

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...more history

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