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Divided into Big Sheets and Little Sheets and with the Preguiças River in the middle, the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park has a larger area than the city of São Paulo, 155 thousand hectares. It is huge. It was created in 1981 to facilitate the preservation of its ecosystems. Thousands of freshwater dunes and lagoons are fueled by heavy rainfall that falls from January to June - rainy season. The rainiest months are March, April and May. In June, July, August and September the lagoons have their maximum water supply. Some of them are up to five meters deep and two kilometers long. It is the best time to visit the region. After that they gradually dry up until the next rainy season comes, when they are reborn.
Here's your soundtrack. Okay, maybe they're not exactly brazillian but their music is awesome and their live shows legendary.Now, Brazil covers almost half of South America and its Amazon rainforest is the world's largest jungle... which is rapidly getting cut down. The country is basically one giant botanical garden with some bangin' cities on its edges.Brazil was colonized in 1808 by the royal court of Portugal, which was fleeing Napolean's troops. They didn't stay long, and Brazil won its independence in 1822.Its biggest city, Sao Paulo, is the financial hub of South America. Brazil is the "b" in BRIC -- Brazil, Russia, India and China. These four were labeled the world's fastest developing large economies in the year 2001.Brazil is known for three things: amazingly beautiful women, carnival, and Pele -- King of Football, Athlete of the Century, football ambassador of the world and a declared national treasure.Brazillians can tell foreigners a mile away, by the way their hips move. Samba is built into the soul of brazil and carnival is when it bursts out into twenty-four hour undying explosions of sound on every street.This picture of mask diving at the Taipus reefs makes me shed hot and salty tears all over my calendar, which is set on "January" right now.Text by Steve Smith.
