“Due, maybe, to the fatalistic roads or to the shimmering quality of light in the high, semi-dry savanna of Central Brazil, we were quickly entering a mystic nation within a nation.  The first premonitions were in Pirenópolis, another historic gold-boom town like Goiás Velho, only more spiritual.” – To Belém & Back, p.56

Pirenópolis is a colonial town west of the nation’s capital, Brasília.  What follows are more images and quotes from the Belém roadtrip, some taken from the eBook’s complementary picture essay.  [please hover over images for captions/quotes]