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A Lagoa Verde no parque estadual do Morro do Diabo é uma das mais famosas atrações, na realidade as águas não são verdes, mas possuem esta tonalidade devido a presença de plantas áquáticas da família Azzolla.
O parque situa-se próximo à cidade paulista de Teodoro Sampaio, junto à divisa de estado com o Paraná. Há diversas versões para a origem do nome do parque, e a mais aceita é que um grupo de bandeirantes chegou na região em uma grande exploração e atacou aldeias indígenas, matando diversas pessoas; em represália os guerreiros indígenas que sobreviveram mataram todos os bandeirantes e deixaram os corpos no alto do morro. Tempos depois uma outra expedição de bandeirantes que chegou em socorro, não encontrou sinal dos indios e apenas os corpos no alto do morro, assim eles creditaram a matança à obra do diabo e batizaram a região de Morro do Diabo.
Here's your soundtrack. Okay, maybe they're not exactly brazillian but their music is awesome and their live shows legendary.Now, Brazil covers almost half of South America and its Amazon rainforest is the world's largest jungle... which is rapidly getting cut down. The country is basically one giant botanical garden with some bangin' cities on its edges.Brazil was colonized in 1808 by the royal court of Portugal, which was fleeing Napolean's troops. They didn't stay long, and Brazil won its independence in 1822.Its biggest city, Sao Paulo, is the financial hub of South America. Brazil is the "b" in BRIC -- Brazil, Russia, India and China. These four were labeled the world's fastest developing large economies in the year 2001.Brazil is known for three things: amazingly beautiful women, carnival, and Pele -- King of Football, Athlete of the Century, football ambassador of the world and a declared national treasure.Brazillians can tell foreigners a mile away, by the way their hips move. Samba is built into the soul of brazil and carnival is when it bursts out into twenty-four hour undying explosions of sound on every street.This picture of mask diving at the Taipus reefs makes me shed hot and salty tears all over my calendar, which is set on "January" right now.Text by Steve Smith.
