PublishedWeidenfeld & Nicolson, October 2012 |
ISBN9780297866268 |
FormatHardcover, 320 pages |
In a new series for BBC1, Michael Palin explores this vast and disparate nation. From the Venezuelan border and the forests of the Lost World where he encounters the Yanomami and their ongoing territorial war with the gold miners, to journeys by river to the headwaters of the Xingu, by plane over huge tracts of forest, by steam train and by road along the Trans-Amazonica.
Along the way he meets a kaleidoscopic mix of peoples: the indigenous hunter-gatherers of the interior, the descendents of African slaves, the large community of German descent who celebrate their patrimony at the biggest beer festival outside Munich and the wealthy guachas of the Pantanal. His journey ends at the border with Uruguay and the spectacular Iguacu Falls.
