Our route
Brazil is a large country, and with only a few weeks to spare in which to see something of it we had to choose our route carefully and rely on internal flights to get us around. Rio was a must of course, and we quickly decided on the Amazonian rainforest too, as the great river is synonymous with Brazil. The Falls at Iguaçu were high on my list as I can never resist a waterfall, and we added some more relaxing destinations too – colonial Parati made an attractive side trip from Rio, and the beach at Praia do Forte a great place to wind down at the end of the trip. Finally, it seemed mad to go to Bahia and not spend some time in Salvador, which we knew would show us a very different side to Brazil. And so our itinerary was complete.Of the places we didn’t manage to get to, I would love to have seen Brasilia with its ultra-modern architecture, and the wildlife of the Pantanal. But it’s...
