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Paradise reached: Chapada Diamantina, Northeastern Brazil. Days exploring follow: doors left unlocked, friendly locals, lissom children of slaves long-ago abandoned by ruthless Portuguese diamond hunters. The tastes, smells, sounds of Africa surround us under palm trees; waters so turquoise I disbelieve them amidst the red-earthed cacti spotted desert. Unmasked for my feng shui and whisked off to building sites we are attacked by clouds of terrifying mosquitoes the size of hornets. The female architect just squats where she is and pees. Back at the posada, a handsome Swiss blond, lolls in a hammock, swinging his sun-gilt legs in flickering lamp-light.
The beauty of Lencois |
