“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]
![[Sign: Brush burnings destroy life] “the backroads...were also plastered with small didactic signs to heighten awareness of the cerrado’s importance...” p.52](https://backroadsbrazil.com/wp-content/gallery/goias-interiors-i/Goias704-011w.jpg "[Sign: Brush burnings destroy life] “the backroads...were also plastered with small didactic signs to heighten awareness of the cerrado’s importance...” p.52")
![[Good Death Fountain] “The Federal Landmarks Commission, called Iphan from its abbreviation in Portuguese, has tried to spruce the town up, including burying all telephone and electrical lines in the historic center...” p.49](https://backroadsbrazil.com/wp-content/gallery/goias-interiors-i/Goias704-064w.jpg "[Good Death Fountain] “The Federal Landmarks Commission, called Iphan from its abbreviation in Portuguese, has tried to spruce the town up, including burying all telephone and electrical lines in the historic center...” p.49")
