Friday, April 27, 2007

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Let me show you a bit of the city of Belo Horizonte, capital of the state of Minas Gerais, in southeastern Brazil.

Palm trees in the Lake of English, a residential area in the southern suburbs of Belo Horizonte

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Belo Horizonte is full of hills. What you see in the following pics is Saint Lucia neighbourhood.
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A freeway in the mountains. As you can see, on the right side of the freeway, just over the hills, there is a residential area where you find only houses.
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A nice pink house on the rock.
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A typical street in Saint Lucia hills
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People jogging in the morning
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Some girls jogging
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An old retired man and his son jogging
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A house
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Another one
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Street scenes
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An open mall
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Some views
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Financial district in the distance
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Houses in the cliffs
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The Pampulha Lake, another lake in Belo Horizonte.
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Houses overlooking the lake from above the hills
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Lakeshore Avenue
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Niemeyer´s church in the lakeshore. It was built in 1947.
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Streets around Pampulha lake are like these: lined up with palm trees
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A Niemeyer´s building designed to host parties in 1947, built in a small island.
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The small bridge that takes you to the party house
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A 50´s modernist house with a small garden in the front. Remembers me LA.
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A house with glass walls in Lakeshore Avenue. It was built in the 60´s.
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The houses have large backyards full of palm trees. The following pic shows an example.
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Some streets
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A small supermarket
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Tennis courts and swimming pools facing the lake
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Palm trees and outdoor basketball courts, also near the lake.
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Now, heading to more commercial districts.
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A popular steakhouse in Brazil called "The Fat Pig"
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Hope you like the city! I´ll show you more later!>

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