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Day 8 — THE TERRITORY CAME BEFORE THE HOUSE
And that changes how you arrive — and how you build a new life in the Maraú Peninsula, Bahia. The Maraú Peninsula, on the southern coast of Bahia, Brazil, is increasingly sought after. If you search “how is it to live in Maraú” or “Maraú Peninsula Brazil,” you’ll mostly find images of long beaches and unreal turquoise water. They exist. But they do not explain the territory. Maraú is more than a beach destination. It is an estuarine region, an environmental preservation area,

Nancy Silva
Mar 234 min read


DAY 4 - BUILDERS, BR-030, AND THE REALITIES OF A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN RURAL BRAZIL
Finding the contractor became a saga. Photo: Reproduced from Carlos Alberto Maier Building in Algodões required someone who understood sandy soil, high humidity, protected vegetation, lateral rain, and the reality of transporting materials via BR-030 — a challenging road that defines logistics in the region. That was how we met Alcinei. He showed us previous projects. When building outside major cities, references matter more than Pinterest. His work was solid and practical.

Nancy Silva
Feb 281 min read
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