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We start in Rio de Janeiro, with the statue of Cristo Redentor on Mount Corcovado, the avenue along the beach, the beauty of an historic city, and the landmark, Sugarloaf. Brazil's 47 million people celebrate racial diversity. From the Copacabana, we travel 40 miles to a resort, Quitandinha, where President Truman spoke. Then it's on to Sao Paolo, a modern, industrial city, and finally to the spectacular waterfalls of Iguazu on the border between Brazil and Argentina.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

This travelogue of Brazil begins in the then capital of Rio de Janeiro, which literally translated means "River of January" because the explorers who founded it landed there in January and thought it was situated at the mouth of a river. It has a reputation of being the most magnificent city in the world. Its most conspicuous landmark, Christo Redemptor, is a statue of Christ sitting atop Corcovado Mountain. Avenida Beira-Mar runs parallel to the shore in the harbor area. Other landmarks of the city, also along the shoreline, are Sugarloaf Mountain and Copacobana Beach. Next, we travel forty miles from Rio to the new mountain resort of Quitandinha, whose main building, the primary hotel, once was a casino until gambling was outlawed. Then we go to Sao Paulo, the country's second largest city. Its architecture is primarily ultramodern. The country's coffee trade is centered here. Many head offices of multinational corporations are situated here. Finally we head southwest by plane to the spectacular Iguaçu Falls, on the Iguaçu River between Brazil and Argentina. It is comprised of over seventy cascades, and is about two miles wide. It is about forty feet higher than Niagara Falls. Brazil as a whole is one of the most ethnically diverse countries, where there is no issue of race or color among its populace.—Huggo