The Good Stuff

I promised a post about all the awesome things that I think Brazil has to offer....so here it is.

The food. Inexpensive. Fresh. Delicious. Different. Varied. In the north of Brazil the food is completely different from the northeast. The south is completely different from central Brazil and so on. I will never get the chance to try all the different varieties of food they have here. :) I could take all day and not be able to list all the different types of fruits that grow here too. Here are some examples of the exotic fruit that grows here:

This Jaca fruit kind of tastes like a banana.

Strawberry Guava (Abricó do Pará)

Soursop (Graviola)

Those are just a small sample of the dozens of fruits that are exclusive to Brazil.

Another nice thing is accessibility. (At least during business hours...good luck buying ANYTHING after 10 p.m.) If I need to buy something I can literally walk across the street and buy it. (soap, fruit, dog food, matches, water etc.)

This is probably the most authentic picture ever taken.

Besides the mini-stores seen above, At least once a week in the neighborhood there is an open-air market which sells everything from fresh fruits and vegetables to remote controls and pots and pans.


Beaches. Literally dozens of the best beaches in the world. Some are deserted, some are packed. All are beautiful.

Fernando de Noronha, PE- Brazil

The people. Almost every person I have come in contact with is happy to be alive. Brazilians are a very friendly people. In one of the cities I was in on my mission (Crato) we would knock on the door and people would greet us, instantly tell us to come in, and then offer us cake and soda pop. :) Of course not everywhere is like that in a country that is bigger than the continental U.S, but I would say that the majority of Brazil's people treat strangers like they are old friends.

I'm going to close with some awesome facts about Brazil. If you lived in Brazil instead of the U.S. you would use 84% less electricity. You would use 80% less gasoline. You would spend 89% less on healthcare (although the healthcare isn't the best so idk about this one haha) And last and possibly the best of all, you would have a 20% better chance of being employed. There's alot to like about Brazil. If you had a legit job here it would probably be as close to paradise as you can get.