When people talk about visiting Brazil most actually mean visiting Rio de Janeiro (or “Rio”), with classic images of its iconic Christ the Redeemer statue, beautiful long beach coastline and handsome, muscular Brazilian hunks playing volleyball under the sun. It is the country’s most popular city for visitors around the world. While all of that is true - to a certain extent - as I find out the reality tells a somewhat different story. After years of cultivating to visit the c