Friday, April 20, 2007

Wonderful Rio de Janeiro!

Hey!

Here are some pics taken by me in Rio!

Well, me and my canadian friend got in Rio on 17/10.

We got a van transfer to the hotel, and in the way I took some pics:

[01] Downtown:


[02] Downtown:


[03] Express lane:


[04] Princesa Isabel Ave, Copacabana:


[05] Copacabana Palace:


We got to the hotel!

[06] Copacabana view from my hotel room:


[07] Looking to the fort:


[08] Helicopter saving someone:


[09] 38ºC, the beach was full even on a monday!


Next day, we did a City tour on a bus, most of the pics were taken from the bus:

[10] Police:


[11] Downtown:


[12] Maracanã Stadium:


[13] Maracanã district:


[14] City Hall:


[15] Sambódromo and favela:


[16] Central do Brasil (Brazil's Central station):


[17] A carioca looking over:


[18] Some houses I think are pretty:


[19] Downtown:


[20] Downtown:


[21] Metropolitan Cathedral:


[22] Inside:


[23] Inside the Cathedral:


[24] Petrobras headquarters:


Cinelândia! (donwtown)

[25] Library:


[26] Cinelandia:


[27] The chamber:


[28] Municipal Opera House:


[29] Cinelandia:


We went to the Sugar Loaf, but the weather was getting bad!

[30] At praia Vermelha (red beach):


[31] Corcovado seen from Urca Moutain:


[32] From Urca Mountain:


[33] Pic taken by my canadian friend, Im the one with black cap!


[34] Two kind monkeys at the Urca Mountain:


[35] A really curious baby monkey:


[36] From the sugar loaf:


[37] The cable car:


[38] Botafogo:


The city tour took us to Barra district.

[39] Vidigal mountain slums entrance:


[40] Rocinha slum:


[41] Barra beach:


Then, we went to the Corcovado mountain, but it was so foggy that we couldnt see anything!

[42] I believe thats the christ hhehe:


[43] Beautifull view ¬¬!


Back to the hotel.

[44] Copacabana at night:


[45] And next day was even worse =[:


At the bothanical gardens:

[46] Rio's oldest skyscrapers, hahaha, planted by our emperor more than 100 years ago:


[47] A Jacú!


[48] A teiú:


[49] A tucan:


[50] D. João VI, Portugal's King in 1810:


[51] A heron:


[52] One of the lakes:


[53] Those palm trees are gorgeous!


Believe it or not, good weather after all!

[54] A fisherman:


[55] The Sugar Loaf:


[56] Me taking pictures:


[57] A cat hidden between the rocks:


[58] Downtown Skyline:


Back to the hotal.

[59] The Moon over Copacabana:


[60] A "darker" version


[61] Sun light in Copacabana:


We went to Búzios on that day (another thread).

[62] Downtown seen from the docks:


[63] Downtown seen from Rio - Niterói bridge:


On our last day, a helicopter ride over rio!

[64] Christ seen from the lagoon:


[65] lagoon:


Fron the helicopter.

[66] Lagoon:


[67] Ipanema:


[68] Ipanema:


[69] Ipanema and Copacabana:


[70] Arpoador, Copacabana fort and Copacabana beach:


[71] Copacabana fort:


[72] Copacabana and Ipanema:


[73] Copacabana, the sea's princess:


[74] Copacabana:


[75] Lagoon:


[76] Lagoon:


[77] Christ:


[78] Christ again:


[79] Trying to see downtown:


[80] Classical View:


[81] The end of the ride:


[82] Helicopter:


Back to the hotel.

[83] Bye bye Copacabana:


[84] And the beach is getting full already:


Thats all folks!

I hope you like it!>

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