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Cataguases, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Bill had some business to do with Murilo and Mario, at the mill at Companhia Industrial Cataguases ( http://www.cataguases.com.br/index.htm ). While he was meeting with them, I (Nancy) walked around the town and took pictures ! Murilo had drawn a detailed map at dinner the previous evening, so I was well-guided.

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cataguazes-tour-map.jpg Cataguazes-1.jpg View from the restaurant atop the Hotel Bevile More view from atop the Hotel Bevile
Hotel Bevile rooftop pool Bill, at breakfast in the rooftop restaurant One of the main streets in Cataguases Continuing my stroll...
The town is perfectly clean ! Cataguazes-2.jpg Cobblestone streets and tiled walkways... An uphill sidestreet
School grounds School's athletic facilities Going back down from the school Cataguazes-3.jpg
Horses and donkeys work hard in Brazil's small towns. Cataguazes-4.jpg river in the middle of the thoroughfare. Cataguazes-5.jpg
Church Church, closer Park in front of church. View from the old bridge
View the other direction from the old bridge My favorite bridge view The old brige itself, made of steel. Keeping up with the times...
Cataguazes-6.jpg Walk in front of Hotel Cataguazes Hotel Cataguases Looking at the church, from the new bridge
View the other direction from the new bridge Cataguazes-7.jpg Commerce center, stores and banks Pedestrian Mall
Pedestrian Mall Back to the Hotel Bevile Hotel Bevile, again Cataguazes Train Station
Cataguazes Train Station, again Stores near the station Cataguazes-8.jpg Culture Institute
CultureInstituteSketch.jpg IMG_3024.jpg Busy store Railroad Tracks
Cataguazes-9.jpg Murilo's wife grew and arranged these flowers ! Textile weaving/printing mill Textile weaving/printing mill
Textile weaving/printing mill Textile weaving/printing mill (weaving seersucker) Textile weaving/printing mill (finishing fabric) Nancy and Bill, outside Hotel Bevile
Mario and Bill The End

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Amy 09-Jan-2007 19:41
Nice photos of Cataguases! You're only missing a photo of the prefeitura (mayor's office), the yellow building across from Santa Rita church. One other thing-- your hotel was Bevile, not Belive (perhaps a typo). It was nice seeing the interiro of the textile mill, one of the few things I haven't seen in Kta'. Thanks!
Mary 27-Dec-2006 17:17
Great shots, Nancy! These small towns have a picturesqueness all around them, haven't they? This one, Cataguases, is a very typical Brazilian small town -- I can say that because first of all, I'm Brazilian, and second, I've grown up in a place just like that. Your shots caught the feeling that envolves these towns, I enjoyed taking a look at them. Good job!
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