Brazil Handbook

Brazil, the fifth largest country in the world and covering nearly half of South America, is incomprehensively vast. The key to any visit is maximizing on time, whether two weeks or two months, and deciding what it is possible to do in that time. The variety ranges from the cosmopolitan beaches of the coastline around Rio or the enormous Amazon basin, to Bahia, known as "Africa in exile" in northeastern Brazil. This handbook contains comprehensive, practical information to get the visitor around the country, and in its pocket-sized format, is portable and lightweight. It contains information on: how to plan a trip whether visiting for two weeks or two months; how to make the most of the highlights of Brazil; the latest advice and hints on air passes, trains and buses; useful Portuguese words and phrases; where to stay and eat, whatever the budget; and what to take, what to leave behind and what to buy.