Brazil is a huge country and it has it all - fabulous beaches along it's long coastline; World Heritage preserved colonial towns; a vast array of national parks offering a wide variety of landscapes and activities; and then there's the Amazon, with it's incredible diversity. And of course, there are the Brazilian people - warm, friendly and very alive.
Neighbouring Ecuador and Colombia are two of South America's most exciting tourist destinations. We spent two weeks in each getting to know some of their highlights.
In Best Of Brazil - Part 1 we visited the south of the country - Florianopolis, Curitiba and the state of Minas Gerais, which lies between Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janiero.
In Part 2 we start in Rio, head north to Salvador and finish our Brazilian trip in the Amazonian city of Manaus. Here's what happened.
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