Solipsism Gradient

The little clumps on the leaf contain insect larvae.

This is a typical landscape of the Jequitinhonha region. Layered stone hills with dryland vegetation in the cracks, and rich topsoil with wetland vegetation and larger trees in the valleys.

These kids had just sung and danced at a local folklore show… very amateurish stuff, but interesting. The adults are still doing a last number in the background.

This little hut, in the same town, was recently painted (perhaps repainted?). No idea why, or what it’s used for.

Update: apparently it’s the town’s telephone central.

A typical house and street in São Gonçalo do Rio das Pedras; note the heavy street cobbles. These streets were built about 200 years ago, and the city was a station for the mule trains which brought supplies into the interior and brought back gold and diamonds from the local mines.

Amusingly, the street sign on the house reads “Rua Nova” (New Street).

A typical example of local architecture. Low ceilings, small windows. No exact horizontals, verticals, perendiculars, flat walls, and so forth .

Three different types of fungi in one shot!

This was on the road to the (very small) town of Capivari, near the “Pico do Itambé”, a local peak which is around 2000m above sealevel.