LOCALIZATION

BUZIOS IS LOCATED IN RIO DE JANEIRO STATE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN REGION OF BRASIL. IT IS ABOUT 50 MILES DRIVE FROM RIO DE JANEIRO, SO-CALLED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY IN THE WORLD.

GEOGRAPHY

IT IS FORMED BY A PENINSULA THAT THE CONTINENT THROWS INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, SCULPTING FANTASTIC ROCK FORMATIONS AND 26 OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE BEACHES IN THIS PLANET.

Ferradura Beach - Photo by David W. Dodge� _ Courtesy of Dodge Group Communications Inc. - 1996

PEOPLE

WHEN BRIGITTE BARDOT, LED BY SOCIALITES FROM RIO DE JANEIRO, "DISCOVERED" ARMACAO DOS BUZIOS (IT'S REAL NAME) TO THE WORLD, APART FROM RICH FARMERS AND SOME INVITING BEACH HOUSES, THE CITY WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A village, INHABITED BY FISHERMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES, WITH VERY FEW SHOPS THAT CATERED MAINLY FOR THEIR SIMPLE TASTES IN TERMS OF LIFESTYLE. AFTER BRIGITTE THE CROWD ARRIVED. AND TODAY, MORE THAN 30 YEARS PAST, BUZIOS IS A THRIVING LITTLE PORT WITH MANY THOUSANDS OF NEW HOMEOWNERS, SHOPOWNERS, TOURISTS, HIGHWAYS, 'ALORS' EVERYTHING THAT IS "TOO BAD" AND IS THE GOOD OF THE CITY.

Azedinha and Azeda Beaches with boat shelter belonging to original farm - Photo by David W. Dodge� - Courtesy of Dodge Group Communications Inc. - 1996

THE FISHERMEN ARE STILL THERE, TRANSFORMED IN EMPLOYEES, DRUNKS, AND WHATEVER, BUT THEY MAKE ALL POSSIBLE EFFORT TO PROVIDE GOOD EDUCATION TO THEIR CHILDREN, SO THEY ONE DAY CAN TAKE OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY.

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