Alcantara, Brazil

... Launching Museum in a tiny town in Brazil, all dubbed in Arabic, you can say you heard it here first!   In Alcantara´s main square, there exists, perhaps, the most well preserved Whipping Post in all of Brazil.  The area is a sombre ...

I am finally up north in Brazil. I headed out from the hostel in Campo Grande yesterday around 4 am and flew up to Sao Luis, on the northeast coast, and arrived around 2 in the afternoon. Sao Luis is the most adorable city I have seen here in Brazil! I ...

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... on to the side road; it is not dirt but good asphalt for most of the way. The last 100 kms getting to the town of Alcantara is still on asphalt but it has now deteriorated in places and we have to cross holes about 18" deep about every 200 yards. That ...