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I bet you know many beaches. This article is about my selection 9 fascinating beaches. With about 70% percent of the Earth covered by water, there...
Everything from Brazil
Here you will find all Sandalsand’s articles from Brazil. They include a photo album, World heritage sites, and regular travelogues.
Brazil is a country in the region Sandalsand has defined as South America. There are introductions to this region and other regions in the Destinations menu.
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Nature: 8 Amazing Mountain Views
Have you been to these 8 amazing mountain views? If you take nature as the basis and exclude skyscrapers, constructed "skywalks" and such, we are...
Pictures from Brazil
This is a collection of Sandalsand's pictures from Brazil. They cover large parts of the country, from the sea and inland. If you look up all...
Impressions from a month in Brazil
Impressions from Brazil: We have now been almost exactly a month in Brazil, thirty days more precisely. That is almost what we had planned or...
A Colombian sidestep
This was a Colombian sidestep. We moved west on the Amazon and made a quick trip into Colombia and a town called Leticia. This article is part of a...
Manaus and the jungle
We arrived at a boat landing on the Amazon and crossed over to Manaus. We then went on a trip into the jungle fishing flesh-eating piranhas. This...
World Heritage #0998 – Amazon
The Amazon is the largest forested area in the world, with an immense diversity in terms of flora and fauna - and a huge flood. The UNESCO...
Into the vast interior of Brazil
The next legs of our journey brought us into the vast interior of Brazil. Key words are deforestation, gold rush and long stretches on bus. This...
Ouro Preto and the gold rush
Ouro Preto was the centre of the 18th century gold rush. We also visited nearby Mariana before continuing our journey to Belo Horizonte. This...
World Heritage #0124 – Historic Town of Ouro Preto
The Portuguese found gold in the hills of Ouro Preto and built a city full of splendid colonial architecture. The UNESCO World Heritage...
World Heritage #1308 – Paraty
This heritage site includes the historic colonial centre of Paraty and four natural areas in the Ilha Grande area in the south of Brazil. The...
Beaches and old colonial towns south of Rio
We went looking for beaches and old colonial towns south of Rio and found them. We also went on a funny boat trip. This article is part of a...
Adventurous and dramatic days in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was our first destination on a five month long journey around South America. This is about the departure from Norway and...
World Heritage #1100 – Rio de Janeiro
The beaches and hills of Rio de Janeiro contributed to it becoming one of the world's most famous cities. The people living here added the rest. The...
A journey through South America in 1987
This is the story of a five month journey to South America in 1987. My girlfriend Bo and I visited five countries on the continent, from Brazil in...
