Brasil, officially the Federative Republic of Brasil, is the largest country in both South America and the Latin American region. It is the world’s fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population.
The country’s economy is the world’s seventh largest by both nominal GDP and purchasing power parity, as of 2012. A member of the BRIC group, Brasil until 2010 had one of the world’s fastest growing major economies, with its economic reforms giving the country new international recognition and influence.
São Paulo, home to some 20 million people, is also home to my wife’s family.
It is known as a financial and economic centre of Brasil, and is both a city and a state.
As time goes on this area will be populated with more mementos of my trips away. I doubt I’ll ever be able to record all of my holidays, but for now here are some to look through
This picture was taken from the roof of the apartment where we were staying in 2013