Category Archives: Brazil

Brazil’s Wild, Wild West

After the great city of São Paulo, we got on an overnight bus and a transfer to travel over 900 miles, a little more than the distance from Land’s End to John O’Groats. In 24 hours we had gone from the biggest city in South America to the far edge of Brazil, just fifty miles […]

From Modern Art back to Colonial Times and on to the Metropolis

After the refreshing time spent in Praia de Pipa, it was now time to begin exploring again. We started by a quick trip to Brazil’s third city, Belo Horizonte, but the main reason was not to visit this planned city, but to see the remarkable site forty miles away at Inhotim. A Brazilian philanthropist has […]

From Rio to Praia

After a quick sojourn to the UK, we commenced our travels by flying to Rio de Janeiro, and investigating the eastern side of the great continent of South America. But arriving, late at night, in the pouring rain, did not start off too well. Rio was quite wet for a couple of days, so we […]