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Madeline - a teen-aged girl I met at a waterfall in Minas Gerais who told me about all the places she'd ever lived including several I had visited on our big Brazil trip. Maria Alice - a lady her 30's - 40's who was a rather out of place student at a Bible college who told me how she had heard the call of God as a teen and not answered but now she was. The lady from Rattlesnake - yes, that was the name of her city, Cascavel.  We met in the waiting line for the bus at the Iguassu Falls.  She told me how she had come there on her honeymoon and had always wanted to return.  Her husband had passed away but she was there with her daughter. Carmen - the owner of a bed and breakfast where we stayed in Brasilia who told us all about how she came to be the host of an inn and all about her daughters' lives. Ed - an old German immigrant we met at a Lutheran church we attended on our trip who told us about his life and farming in the state of Paraná. Little campground cle...

We arrived home from our big trip this past Thursday, April 13 around 8 o'clock in the evening.  We left happy and arrived the same.  All in all it was an incredible experience and I'm so glad that we did it.... You can read all about each place we visited at our travel log @ athabrazilroadtrip.blogspot.com   Trip Stats: slept in the back of Pajero 4 times at truck stops stayed with friends 4 times slept at a bed and breakfast once stayed at one cheap hotel spent one night at a hostel stayed two nights at a campground stayed in guest accomodations at two Bible colleges visited three museums  visited three national parks, three state parks, and one city park took around 4500 photos between the three of us visited three Bible colleges saw 5 different waterfalls including the largest of Brazil visited one cave took paid tours of three cities ate at three different Burger King restaurants  one Subway one McDonalds one self-service ...