Brazzil

Congratulations on a really good article. The "caminhoes do frio" or winter walks programme has just finished and there are several cachaça tours in the offing. There is so much going on in this part of Brasil and it can be enjoyed equally by the back-packer or an organised tour. I hope peopl ewill be encouraged to explore the Sertao. Its a region of breathtaking beauty.
Our site www.paraibaparadise.com has tried to do the same as this article and capture some of the magic of the Sertao, Joao Pessoa and Paraiba.

With millions and millions of POORS in a country ranked as Middle Class.

Fact is no country on earth with a similar GDP per capita has as many POORS as .....BRAZIL !!!!!!

Even when Paul Dundes Wolfowitz, a World Bank ex President, in 2005 said :
It is not normal in a country with so much wealth there are large areas with as much poverty as in SUB SAHARA countries !!!!

Ch.C do you ever do anything but troll?

yeah, pernambuco is one incredible state in brazil. from recife to porto das galinhas you see the waves of sugar cane feilds...

culture is incredibly strong and powerful in pernambuco, it seems to have an independent life of its own with frevo's, maracatus , coco's etc all done in their own unique style.

i saw a quick tv report about the oldest known first mixture of african slaves using european instruments to make music in the americas . it was in pernambuco...what an incredible living snapshot of the developement of music in the americas...its like the roots of james brown are right in there

there are incredible living snapshots of indian culture in music in pernambuco.

i would really like to get up to some other cities in the northeast i havent seen .

Hopefully you know that Blanchette is a name given in a movie to a
GOAT !!!!
Hmmmmmmm !

may be you shoukd travel to Haiti !

No difference than your Cerrado...Sertao....for POVERTY !!!!!

If you disagree, your comments are welcome.
Thus far...your agreements/disagreements in your comments.... are full of air !

Let's make a deal, Ch: you learn to write a competent, complete sentence and learn how to use elipses properly and I'll go hang in Port Au Prince for a season.

Anything to get you young kids to better yourselves. :lol:

Great article, yes the north of Brazil is poor, BUT it doesn't mean that there aren't any other options. I am glad to see people trying to conserve the dwindling Atlantic Forest.