Category Archives: Brazil

Soun Paul O

It took us 2 days, close to a 1000 miles, and more than 20 hours to drive from the state of Bahia to São Paulo. Our road trip revealed stunning landscapes full of mountains and valleys with dry vegetation and … Continue reading

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There Be Diamonds in them Hills

Vinicius de Morais, one of Bossa Nova’s creators, made a song called Felicidade (Happiness), where he says ” Sadness has no end, happiness does” and he procceed to say that “everything ends on Wednesday”. In Brazil, Wednesday ashes is the … Continue reading

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And then, there was Carnaval in Salvador…

After Maceió, we drove to Salvador in the state of Bahia, click here for a map. Salvador was the first capital of Brazil for more than two centuries. With over 3 million inhabitants, now it’s just the capital of Bahia … Continue reading

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Corny & Cute

So, even though we’ve reported on Fernando de Noronha, we did make some stops prior to and directly after that we have yet to report on.   Here’s a map of the four cities. João Pessoa Arrived here on our … Continue reading

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Fernando De Noronha

Now we are back on he road again, but this time we are driving. Our first leg from Fortaleza to Recife, click here to see our route, took around 10 hours. We spent the night in Recife and flew the … Continue reading

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