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World Service,30 Jul 2003,22 mins

One River, two Journeys

Blogging In Brazil

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In 1867, explorer Richard Burton canoed the length of the previously uncharted São Francisco river in Brazil scouting for the British empire. Âé¶¹Éç Brazilian journalist Paulo Cabral retraces the route, recording his own 21st-century impressions of life there. Part one: from Sabará city to a holy grotto in Bom Jesus da Lapa.

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