Ilha do Mel- Brazil

Ilha do Mel is a tourist spot of great importance in the state of Paraná. Many people consider that  the  island has the best beaches in the state.

 The island, is part of the municipality of Paranaguá, and it is administered by the Environmental Institute of Paraná and has a strict management program. 

There is no permission for animals  or motor traction on the island. There are many areas where visitors are allowed. The island has some prominent attractions like the fortress and the lighthouse.

Ilha do Mel is located in the South Atlantic Ocean and is situated 15 miles from the Port of Paranaguá, with its closest point to the mainland, 4 km Pontal South, in the city of Pontal do Paraná, Paraná , Brazil.

The climate is transitional between the subtropical and tropical, super-moist, without a dry season and no frosts. The average temperature is 31 ° maximum and the minimum 13°. The average water temperature is 21º in the summer and in the winter  it is 17°.  There are an average of 166 maximum sunny days a year, to a  minimum of  133 days The rainfall average mm / year is a minimum of 3250mm and the maximum 1750mm.

Of its 2700 acres there are only 200 are allowed to use - the rest is reserve area listed by Heritage in 1975, it is administered by the Environmental Institute of Paraná since 1982. The tourists find hotels and small restaurants. 

The island has five villages: Fortaleza, Brasilia or New Brasília, Lighthouse, Praia Grande and Encantados. 

There are no streets or roads, only trails. The development of electric power generators in 1988 initiated attitudes that today are a concern for the preservation of the island, because its main attraction is nature.

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Foz do Iguaçu- Brazil

Foz do Iguaçu is a beautiful place, in my point of view the most beautiful falls that I have seen! 

Foz do Iguaçu is located in the Brazilian state of Paraná.

It´s beauty brings a lot of tourists, being the second destination of foreign tourists in the country and the first in the southern region of Brazil.

It is known internationally as one of the 7 Wonders of Nature. 

In 1542, a Spanish man, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca arrived in the Iguazu River and was guided by the Caingangues Indians, it was this way that he reached the falls. He is known as the "discoverer" of the Falls.

The history of the Iguaçu National Park begins in 1916, with  Alberto Santos Dumont, the father of aviation.

Foz do Iguaçu is internationally known for its attractions, bringing visitors from Brazil and the world. The most famous of these is the set of falls called Iguazu Falls. 

Near Foz do Iguaçu we can see the Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant, the second largest in the world in size and first in generating power.

The Itaipu Binational Hydroelectric is the largest dam in the world in annual energy production. 

Foz do Iguaçu borders the contries of Argentina and Paraguay. It has many other interesting places that atract many. 

Another attraction offered by neighboring cities is the ability to meet the Argentine side of the Falls.

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Salvador, Bahia

Salvador was founded as São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos.

 It is a Brazilian city, the capital of Bahia and Brazil's first capital. 

Salvador has more than 2.6 million inhabitants, the largest city in the Northeast, the third most populous of Brazil and the eighth most populous in Latin American. It is surpassed by São Paulo, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Lima, Bogota, Rio de Janeiro and Santiago.

It has 3,574,804 inhabitants surveyed in 2010 by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE),  that the makes it the third most populous Northeast city, the seventh in Brazil and one of the 120 largest in the world.

It is the first colonial capital of Brazil, the city is one of the oldest in America. For a long time it was formerly called "Bahia" and "Bahia city," including by residents of the state and appears under that name or as "Salvador da Bahia" in order to differentiate them from other Brazilian cities of the same name.

 It is the economic center of the state, Salvador is also an exporting port, industrial center, administrative and tourist place.  In addition to businesses, the city also hosts many events, organizations and institutions such as the Federal University of Bahia (best in the Northeast and 16 in Latin America, Brazil's most improved city in the last two years,  and the School of Management of the Brazilian Army.

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