by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Jul 23, 2018 | Brazil, Food and drink, Uncategorized
Salvador is the capital of the state of Bahia. It’s big! As the 4th largest city in Brazil, after São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, it has around 2.9 million people living there. Poverty invades the city’s sprawl, noticeable as you travel in and out by bus.... 
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Jul 23, 2018 | Animals, Brazil, Food and drink, Landscapes, Scenery, Uncategorized
Wanting to experience another area of Brazil, we decided to fly up to Salvador and explore the state of Bahia. What a colourful welcome at Salvador airport! Having heard that, unfortunately, Salvador isn’t one of the safest places to stay, we first travelled north to... 
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Jul 15, 2018 | Brazil, Food and drink, Scenery, Uncategorized
Famous for its breathtaking scenery and position on the South Atlantic coast, everyone thinks of Rio when conjuring images of Brazil. We stopped in the country’s second largest city, for a couple of nights, on our way up to Bahia. With only a couple of days to... 
by Tash, Jake, Lola and Albie | Jul 8, 2018 | Brazil, Flora and Fauna, Landscapes, Scenery
Historic Paraty (pronounced Parachi) is a preserved Portuguese colonial (1500-1822) and Brazilian Imperial (1822-1889) municipality with a population of about 36,000. After the discovery of the world’s richest gold mines in 1696 in the mountains of Minas Gerais,...
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