| Brazil is a country of epic proportions, spanning | | | | lowering the cost for Luxury travelers and |
| several different time zones and encompassing a | | | | Honeymooners. So, all you need is a few web |
| microcosm of cultures; from the European-esque | | | | addresses and you can plan your interstate adventure, |
| South, to the pulsating cosmopolitan metropolis of Sao | | | | right? If only it were so easy…. |
| Paulo and its seductive rival Rio de Janeiro, to the laid | | | | As in Europe, the earlier you book, the more |
| back North East of endless paradisiacal beaches, the | | | | favorable the prices. However, booking online in Brazil |
| wetlands of the Pantanal and the world's largest | | | | involves Brazilian quantities of bureaucracy and is not |
| rainforest. Not forgetting mountains ranges dotted with | | | | for the faint hearted. Without a Brazilian address, post |
| colonial towns, (half of) one of the world's most | | | | code, credit card and CPF (social security) number, |
| spectacular waterfalls, vast expanses of semi arid | | | | you'll probably find yourself uttering expletives at the |
| desert and the endless sand dunes of Lençóis | | | | computer screen, unable to make it even as far as |
| Maranhenses. You'd be forgiven for thinking that this is | | | | entering your card details as ‘required fields' keep |
| actually several countries in one. If you hope to see | | | | you firmly grounded at home under grey skies. |
| just a glimpse of Brazil's immense diversity, how best | | | | Fortunately, luxury travel experts Dehouche have |
| to navigate it's enormity? One word keeps cropping up | | | | been based in Rio for the last ten years know all too |
| in my research and that word is "Dehouche"! | | | | well what is to suffer at the hands of Brazilian |
| Unfortunately, Brazil does not yet boast a high speed | | | | bureaucracy and are on hand to help. Book your |
| train network to sweep you effortlessly from one end | | | | international flights to Brazil and Dehouche will take |
| of the country to the other and with single states | | | | care of the rest; handling flight itineraries, keeping on |
| larger than many countries in Europe, taking a bus is | | | | top of last minute changes and making sure those |
| not something you really want to contemplate. | | | | airline companies have got your all important middle |
| Nevertheless, Brazil has the largest number of airports | | | | name spelt correctly, so you don't spend the rest of |
| after the US and recent years have seen a surge of | | | | your life banging your head against the check in desk, |
| new air carriers appear, both increasing choice and | | | | yet another victim of inflexible administration systems. |