I left Lansing at 4pm on Tuesday and arrived Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil at 4:30 pm on Wednesday. It took me four flights, 24 hrs to get to this newly-established city, the interior of Brazil See-through. Used to be part of another state, Tocantins was formed in 1988. A year later, the capital of this state, Palmas was being built. Palmas has 2219 sq km, but only 265 thousand residents, the population density of which is 106 /sq km, 7% of Waterloo’s population density OS X, 요세미티, 자바 다운로드. The city was designed after Brasilia, with great infrastructure, but quite sprawled. You don’t see high buildings often..Hopefully in a few years, they will make use of the space. Download Tamagochi.

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I spend three nights and two days in Palmas, in the hotel, did nothing except eat and chat…one hour at breakfast, 3 hrs at lunch, and 3 hours at dinner…I was hoping that my colleagues will get in touch with some soybean producers and we could have an interview..But until Saturday when we left Palmas for Mateiros, no luck..

And to  Mateiros, that’s where the adventure starts..