A cold beer is, for many, the perfect thing with which to relax after spending a morning exploring a new destination. The picture below – taken on a visit to the town of Diamantina, Brazil – shows many people doing just that: relax while enjoying the warm rays of sunshine that slant into this quaint cobblestoned plaza.
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Travel Experiences Told by a Local Partner in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Every month, we delve into the travel experiences of people in the extended WHL Group network. This month we talk to Laura Lott of belo-horizonte.travel, the whl.travel local connection based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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A True Diamond in the Rough: Brazil’s Chapada Diamantina
The diamonds that were once harvested from the national park of the Chapada Diamantina (or Diamond Highlands) are only the tip of a precious natural resource iceberg in the northeast Brazilian state of Bahia. In fact, until recently, Chapada Diamantina was perhaps Brazil’s best-kept secret, trade from tourism having been on the rise only since it became an official national park in 1985.
