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We have been surprised by Brazil. Nature is much more varied and interesting than we thought, and the cities are impressive with many huge buildings and excellent infrastructure. Everywhere is clean and tidy, footpaths are easy to walk along, and there is space for pedestrians to move even though there most certainly are a lot of cars! The hotels have been the cleanest we have been in so far, and we manage to make ourselves understood with a mix of body language, Portugues

This was just another border crossing, we thought, and by now we would know what was required and how to manage it. Well, not so fast! The crossing was from Paraguay, and entering via the Mundo Novo crossing. Leaving Paraguay was easy, and entering Brazil seemed to not happen. It didn't help that Portuguese is not a language we master, and in addition there wasn't anyone to ask. There was after a while, and we were told that the immigration was in the next city. At custo