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Look at me and tell me if I don't have Brazil in every curve of my body. - Carmen Miranda

Best of Brazil

Best reading for a Bahian beachThe War of the Saints, Jorge Amado

Best music on the Bahian beach Sol Negro, Virginia Rodrigues

Best spicy seafood on the Bahian beach Moqueca de siri mole (soft-shell crab stew)

Best place (besides the Bahian beach) Ilha do Mel, Parana

Africa in Brazil

Salvador de Bahia – As night falls on the Praça da Sé, enthusiastic crowds gather around street musicians and acrobats. Vendors call out to passers-by, peddling sweet coconut cookies and savory fried salgadinhos. Lovely ladies, clad in traditional white lace and huge hoop skirts, pose for photographers, while less alluring entrepreneurs hawk everything from cigars to CDs. Read more...

Carnaval!

Florianopolis, Santa Catarina - See my photos from Carnaval 2007.

Mara Vorhees is a writer and photographer who blogs about food, music and adventure around the world.She has written guidebooks about Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Morocco, New England and Russia for Lonely Planet. Click here to read more about Mara.