Turning west off the BR-163 some 150km before the Serra do Cachimbo, a dirt road leads to ALTA FLORESTA, a rapidly growing frontier town of around 43,000 people. Located almost 800km north of Cuiabá, it’s a remote but thriving agricultural settlement with regular bus and plane connections to Cuiabá and elsewhere. There’s little of […]
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