| Brazil
Travel News July - 2001
Dear
Fellow Brazil Travelers!
Isn't spring wonderful, just imagine a country that's warm
all year round!
1)
Customized Specialty tours by 4starBrazil
2)
Soybeans?! Yes, Soybeans! The agricultural revolution from
Brazil
3) 4starBrazil's
SPECIALS
4) Brazil Travel
News = BrazilTravelNews.com
1) Specialty
tours by 4starBrazil
Sure, 4starBrazil's
specialty is escorted group tours. But scheduled tours show
you exclusively all sights of touristic interest.
But for almost EVERY special interest, Brazil has something
to offer:
For special interests we have the knowledge to
put together a tour for your group that shows you exactly
what you want to see: Railroading, modern architecture, Birdwatching,
mining and gem stones, prehistoric archeology, visits to companies
like Embraer - the world's fourth largest aircraft manufacturer
- or Petrobras, Brazil's largest oil producer.
Or to areas off the beaten path, like Pirassununga, Itapitininga,
or Novo Hamburgo: Church groups
visiting their friends!
Farming
is very diverse in Brazil. Many farms are among the most advanced
in the world, and can be visited on a custom tour which also
includes the traditional sights. Or to controversial farms,
such as cattle ranches on the fringes of the rainforest.
Academic interest tours: We can put you together
with academics of all fields and organize exciting - and highly
relevant - excursions.
FOR YOUR GROUP'S SPECIAL INTEREST, YOU NEED NOT GO SOMEWHERE
MOST GROUP MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN! BRING
THEM TO BRAZIL, AN ALTOGETHER A NEW EXPERIENCE
2)
Soybeans? Yes, Soybeans, the agricultural revolution from
Brazil
Brazil
is not Japan - Brazilians do not eat more Tofu than North
Americans, but Brazilians and North Americans do produce a
lot of the stuff!
Brazilian farmers discovered soybeans only about 30 years
ago and today Brazil is responsible for 26% of world soybean
exports. The US market share has shrunk from 73% to 53% in
the short period from 1995 to 2001.
Better prices for the cash crop soybeans led many Brazilian
farmers away from traditional crops intended for local consumption.
Investors from the soybean industry were ready to invest.
Certainly, many small farmers were forced to give up and to
move to the cities. But farming technology in Brazil is now
simply fascinating: Laser guided machinery now levels the
fields to minimize the amount of water needed for irrigation
and to protect the fields from erosion. Farms of over 100.000
acres or 50.000 hectares use their equipment more effectively
than ever before.
The revolution accelerated when the government left infrastructure
projects to private investors. Railroads have been privatized,
and new lines are being built to carry the grain 2000 miles
to the ports on the Atlantic coast. Private ports have been
built. New ports use grain "suckers" to unload 25
tons per minute. On the Madeira river, connecting Mato Grosso
state (one of the main soybean producers) with the Amazon
river, farmers have recently introduced the latest technologically-advanced
barges to navigate the river in record time and with no waiting
at locks, as often occurs on the Mississippi.
(International Herald Tribune, July 11, 2001)
3)
Our current specials
And of course never forget to check out our latest specials!
Like
our tours with Lonely
Plantet Brazil author Andrew
Draffen
or our Rio Marathon special
version of Rio
& the Gold Route, Brazilian
Exuberance or Rio
Imperial- run the marathon in Rio, then see get see the
Best of Brazil! Let us register you for Rio's Marathon on
Oct 6th!
Or
our new tours for Jungle
lovers. The urban Jungle of Rio and the Amazon Rainforest.
Utilizing the only nonstop flight from the US to the heart
of the Amazon rainforest in Manaus. And always in style, always
our 4 star Quality.
There must be something attractive about tropical heat...
4)
Brazil travel news
Check
out our archive of this newsletter and find much more info
on http://BrazilTravelNews.com
--
Juergen Keller
jk@UniversalUnderstanding.com
http://www.SouthAmerica.travel/Brazil-Tours
http://UniversalUnderstanding.com
tel.
1 (800) 747-4540 (1 (800) 747-4540)
fax 1-425-977-7192
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