goiás interiors I


Church sunset“If the state’s major tourist attraction was just a little too tacky, the economy of robust pink alligators too up and coming, the state of Goiás itself was fast growing on me.  I felt as though I had found an older and simpler Brazil, untouched and undisturbed by oceans and what they bring.  Unsurprisingly its history is much like Minas’s, only delayed, with the first recorded Bandeirante arriving in 1682 on the hustings for gold and able-bodied natives.” – To Belém & Back, p.49

What follows are other quotes and images from the Belém roadtrip, some of which are taken from the eBook’s parallel picture essay.  [please hover over images for captions]

 

 


About Ben

Ben Batchelder has traveled some of the world's most remote roads. Nothing in his background, from a degree in Visual & Environmental Studies at Harvard to an MBA from Wharton, adequately prepared him for the experiences. Yet he persists, for through such journeys life unfolds. Having published four books that map the inner and exterior geographies of meaningful travel, he is a mountain man in Minas Gerais, Brazil who comes down to the sea at Miami Beach, Florida. His second travel yarn, To Belém & Back, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. For more, visit www.benbatchelder.com.

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