While I will not be actually departing for Brazil until June 28, 2010, I would like to investigate some of the broadly known, as well as not-so-broadly known wonders that exist in Brazil. In this post, I will list a few lovely locations and sights to be seen, along with a brief description of each. If anyone would like to know more about any of the locations, please e-mail me with the location name, and I will be happy to research and write up about those specific locations. My email can always be found on the right-hand side of the page, or if you don't feel like looking, it's haley.brazil@gmail.com 
Some of the information found for less-known monuments and places may need to be translated, and therefore may have some minor flaws.

I will begin with a destination that I might be able to actually see when I visit Brazil.

Arco do Sol (Arc of [the] Sun)
  Photo Credit:  Marcus Vinícius of flickr.com

This monument is based on an Architectural design created by Felipe Bezerra and Flavio Gois. It was given to the city of Natal, RN, as a gift from the Brazilian construction company Ecocil. It is representative of the Sun and the Sea. The maximum height is approximately 25 feet. The structure was built with strong materials that allow for low maintenance. 






Photo Credit: abcdz2000 of sxc.hu
This, ladies and gentlemen, is a cashew fruit. The bottom portion that you see sticking out is what will be eaten as a cashew nut later. Near Natal Brazil is a gargantuan cashew tree - the biggest in the world, in fact. How big must the biggest cashew tree in the world be to be the biggest? Apparently, having foliage that spans over 86,111 square feet. 

I searched and searched for a decent photograph of the tree, to try to show its true enormousness, but to no avail. Instead, I found something much better. Look at the video below to get a great view
of this natural wonder.



I will end my post here, and continue with more destinations on a later post.