If you think of Brazil, you think of the Samba, Carneval, world famous football stars, and also of the threat to the tropical forests and the original inhabitants. Brasil is a country of contrast: massive cities and endless nature, poverty and wealth, tropical forrests and dry plains, barock cities and primitive huts, material wealth and spiritual values ... the list could go on. The rhythm of life in Brazil is contagious and leaving this wonderful atmosphere will not be easy!

Brazil is the only country that speaks Portugese on the continent of America. It has a population of approx. 190 million people. Its surface area of approx. 8,5 million square kilometers makes it the fifth biggest country in the world. From the north to the south of Brazil is approx. the same distance as between the North Cape and Gibraltar. The distance from the west to the east is similiar to the distance between the Bretagne and the Ural! Brazil is dominated by rainforest in the Amazon to the north, and hills and mountains in the south. Whilst the farming area is in the Savanna of the mid west, the majority of the population live close to the Atlantic coast in the big cities.