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Brazil is divided into five main regions: North, Northeast, Middle West, Southeast and South.
Each region is quite different in geography, culture, traditions, economy and natural resources.
Until being discovered by Portuguese sailors, in 1500, only Indians inhabited Brazil. The influences of both cultures, Portuguese and Indian, is seen in the whole country.
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Then, until 1700, our North and Northeast had contact with French, Dutch and Spanish conquerors, which left also their influences in our culture. The South and Southeast areas show also influences of immigrants, like Italian, German, Spanish and Far Eastern people, being the South area the more influenced by Italian and German traditions.
Each one of them left something to us, and today Brazil is a melting pot reflecting it's diverse cultural and ethnic inheritance.
Come explore with us and discover the immense country of Brazil, in all it's peoples, heritage beauty, colors and magic.
Rio de Janeiro
The cidade maravelhosa or 'marvelous city' welcomes you with an unparalleled mix of cosmopolitain life and natural beauty with a friendly, youthful population and lengthy beach playgrounds.
Don't allow an unfamiliar taxi driver be your first impression of this wonder. Rio is not a city, it is a by-product of an exuberant landscape.
It is mountains 3000' and higher gracefully tumbling into the Atlantic Sea, various bays and beaches and the city proper nestled just below the mountains.
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The main sights are the Sugar Loaf mountain and the Corcovado mountain and its Christ the Redeemer statue, from where the city unfolds in a stunning way. Every escorted tour should include each of these sights as a half day sightseeing.
Make sure your hotel is located in the beach district of
Copacabana, so that you can enjoy beach-life by day and the night-life there in the evenings.
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It is true that the water quality, although improving dramatically in recent years, is not that of remote beaches outside the city, but it is by no means a health hazard. The people of Rio go to the beach for the beach life and not necessarily for a swim. Many good hotels have roof top pools with excellent views...
Ipanema has the best night life, but Copacabana has the best choice of restaurants, many of which are side walk places along the waterfront for excellent people watching 24 hours a day. It is not uncommon to linger several hours after dinner and enjoy the atmosphere, as well as the occasional Caiprinha, THE drink everybody has to try! Made of limes and Brazilian sugarcane schnaps, this 'little girl from the countryside' seems innocent enough, at first anyway...
GAY LIFE TAKES PLACE IN “RUA VISCONDE SILVA”, THE GAYEST STREET IN BOTAFOGO AND ON “AVENIDA ATLANTICA”, IN COPACABANA.
BEACHES: Rio de Janeiro has 16 geat beaches with Copacabana, Ipanema and Botafogo being the most popular with gay travelers.
LAW CONCERNING HOMOSEXUALITY
Homosexuality is legal in Brazil. The legal minimum age for consensual homosexual activity is 18 years.
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