Our second weekend in Brasilia, we visited the Botanical Gardens that are just on the outskirts of town. This is a large park that preserves biomes of the Cerrado (pronounced "Say-ha-do"), the name of the savannah-like area used to describe this part of Brazil. I think it looks a lot like west Texas or New Mexico.This area is currently in the dry season. When we visited, the last time it rained was in May. I am impressed by the amount of green despite the lack of rain. This leaf and seed pod the kids found were from a huge tree not too far from the visitor's center called a Pau-de-Balsamo.
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