FEIRA DE SÃO CRISTÓVÃO

FOLKLORE FROM THE NORTH

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MUSIC OF NORTHERN BRAZIL

 TRADITIONAL FOOD OF THE NORTHEAST, INFLUENCED BY AFRICAN CUISINE

VIEW OF RIO FROM CORCOVADO

JOCKEY CLUB

DOIS IRMAOS

 SNACK BAR WITH SURPRISINGLY GOOD BREAKFASTS AND FRESH FRUIT

COROCOVADO RIO DE JANEIRO

FROM THE BAY

CRISTO REDENTOR

 FROM NITEROI

VIEWS FROM SUGARLOAF

Rio de Janeiro

Pão de Açúcar

Botafogo Bay

RIO DE JANEIRO 2016

CENTRO

ILHA FISCAL

 

 CONFEITARIA COLOMBO

CADEG RIO

HUGE PUBLIC MARKET

A GOOD HALF HOUR NORTH OF DOWNTOWN RIO

 LOVED BY LOCALS AND FOODIES

FAVELAS

THE REAL RIO

IPANEMA

COPACABANA

À NOITE

PRAIA COPACABANA

SUNSET IN RIO

RIO OLYMPICS

CIDADE MARAVILHOSA

GUANABARA BAY

 
BEAUTIFUL, PICTURESQUE AND POLLUTED

Ilha da Boa Viagem -- Island of Good Travel/Safe Voyage -- is much smaller than, but pound-for-pound almost as beautiful as the famed Sugar Loaf.

Home of both a battery that used to protect Guanabara Bay and the Capela de Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem, it is the stuff of dreams perched atop the blue waters.

A bridge links it to Niteroi on the mainland.

Though our Portuguese is pretty lousy, we understood a sign we saw in late January to say the buildings are being restored for visitors.

It is about a five minute walk downhill from the Museum of Contemporary Art -- the space ship designed by the late Brazilian modernist master Oscar Nieymeyer.

MOSTEIRO DE SÃO BENTO

ABADIA DE NOSSA SENHORA DO MONSERRATE

Completed in the 17th century, the Monastery of Saint Benedict features a stunning gold leaf interior inspired by the Baroque and Rococo periods.

The outside of the Abbey of our Lady of Monserrate features a less spectatular facade in the Mannerist style.

RIO CENTRO AND WATERFRONT

CLASSICAL BUILDINGS FROM CORE TO WATERFRONT