It is also important to remember that Brazil is a place where there exists a great deal of wealth, and also poverty. For those visiting, it is impossible not to travel around this country without at sometime experiencing both realities.

Travelling though Brazil, you can almost feel as though you are travelling between centuries in simply a matter of hours. From the Amazon rain forest where the people live life, as they would have thousands of years ago, past the 19th century ranches (fazendas) where the cow hands still ride the range. Right up to the ever-fashionable 20th century in cities such as Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, where the influences from international trends are more apparent. Then there is always Brasilia the almost space age capital, where the avant-garde buildings definitely lead the visitor toward the 21st century.

If you are travelling to Brazil to experience the beaches there, then you most certainly will not be disappointed. With more than 4,500 miles of Atlantic coastline Brazil is renowned for its superb beachlife.

Each city with a beach is unique in its own way. Rio is described as being in a class of its own, with a more sophisticated beach scene, while Salvador is the second most popular with its huge bay and numerous coves.

Recife and Fortaleza have the more exotic, wild beaches with coloured sand, dunes and moonscape rocks. Whereas the north eastern coast can offer some of the best scuba diving in the world, on the undeveloped island of Fernando de Noronha.