Brazil
Welcome to Brazil!
Bem-vindo ao Brasil!
Originally, Brazil was not on our itinerary for South America. However, as circumstances can change, we decided to make a detour to the Portuguese-speaking country. We thought we would only need Spanish as a foreign language on our trip to Latin America – far from it. In purely geographical terms, Brazil is huge, taking up almost half of the entire continent of South America. For that it is only natural that we should come into contact with Brazil.
Brazil has the greatest biodiversity in South America, ahead of Colombia. We are very interested in this diversity and are looking forward to it. Due to its turbulent past, strongly influenced by the European colonial powers, the ethnic diversity in Brazil is high. We expect an interesting mix of cultures and a lively hustle and bustle.
Let’s go – Brazil awaits us! Our Brazilian experiences are summarized below in our various blog posts.
Iguazú Falls – Brazil
Welcome to our second blog post about the Iguazú Falls. Welcome again to Brazil. As chance would have it sometimes, we meet a couple of travel friends at the border on entering the country. The last time we saw each other was in Ecuador. What a nice surprise! As...
Pantanal
Next on our South America trip we visit a beautiful region with an extremely dense wildlife: The Pantanal in Brazil. The name sounds spectacular and exotic to us but translated from Portuguese it just means swamp or swamp region, derived from pântano. It is the...