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Panoramic view from the top of the Devil's Hill, located in the Morro do Diabo Natural State Park near Teodoro Sampaio town, in the west region of São Paulo State. There are many versions about the name origens of the hill, one of then says that during the Bandeirantes (pioneers discoverers), a great expedition arrived in the region of the hill e had atacked indian villages. In retaliation, the indians had killed all of the bandeirantes and had put the bodies on top of the hill. When a rescue expedition had arrived they had found no signs of the indians, but only the dead bodies and they had credited the action as samething done by the devil itself.
Today the park is an important ecotouristic place, with trekking trails heading to the top of the hill, as well as a natural history small museum.
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.
