Overlanding in Brazil: Our Favourite Country This Trip
Overlanding in Brazil: our summary of safety, road conditions and tolls, overnight camping, sights, supplies, and other topics relevant to overlanders.
Brazil: friendly people, unexpected art & architecture, classic cars, diverse European heritage, World Heritage listed colonial cities and natural sites.
Overlanding in Brazil: our summary of safety, road conditions and tolls, overnight camping, sights, supplies, and other topics relevant to overlanders.
Sometimes little things leave the most profound impressions. Here are 9 titbits, mostly from Brazil, which stay with us as lasting memories from road in 2016.
Sometimes we experience situations and places, which are interesting but don’t really justify a full blog post. Here we share six of them with 30 large photos.
In Brazil we found historical cities, threatened environments and species, and unique modern urban landscapes by referring to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Brazil has a wealth of historic colonial towns. From the rich history of Minas Gerais to the photographer’s paradise that is Paraty, here are 10 we visited.
Brasilia was conceived as a city of the future. Read about our impressions of Brazil’s capital and Oscar Niemeyer’s inspiring architecture in the present!
Good advice from a chance meeting led us to Inhotim with its fusion of botanical garden and contemporary art. So beautiful, so unexpected, so amazing.
Minas Gerais has a rich history so slow down and spend time to explore: Mariana, Lavras Novas, the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Matosinhos in Congonhas.
Ouro Preto is an old gold mining town in the mountains of Minas Gerais. It’s recognised, for its opulent baroque buildings, as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
There is more to Rio de Janeiro than just Rio, the city. Once you get out of the city you will discover other interesting destinations in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Classic Volkswagen vehicles are extremely popular in Brazil. Many are still used as every-day-cars, others are nicely restored vintage collectors’ items.
We left Teresópolis with 100s of colourful photos from their annual classic car meeting. We saw many old, often unknown, vehicles typical of Brazil.
Are you planning to visit Rio de Janeiro? We recommend you allow some time to go and see the Oscar Niemeyer architecture (and more) in Niterói!
We had heard about Paraty (or Parati) but we didn’t read much in advance. It turned out to be a pretty colonial gem and a real photographer’s paradise.