BARRA DA TIJUCA ON THURSDAY...BRAZILIANS ARE FRIENDLY, HELPFUL, SMART AND HAPPY WITH LIFE PEOPLE! PLANNING ECOLOGICALLY AND GEOGRAPHICALLY BETTER THAN NORTH AMERICA, BRAZIL HAS NO PRIVATE PROPERTY ON THE BEACH...EVERY BEACH HAS PUBLIC ACCESS AND I FOR ONE, WOULD NEVER HAVE FOOT PAIN IF I COULD WALK AND PLAY EVERY DAY ON THIS PRISTINE, PERFECT WHITE SAND.
"THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA WITH HER BOYFRIEND OF 40+ YEARS "
FAVELA ON THE HILL BY IPANEMA PRAIA... ONE OF THE MANY COLOURFUL POOR HOUSING NEIGHBORHOODS, WHERE MANY CARIOCAS LIVE, SCRAPE OUT A LIVING ANDHAVE A RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE, PLUS SAMBA, FOOTBALL (SOCCER TO YOU GRINGOS) AND CARNIVAL ALL BEGAN HERE!
PRAIA COPACABANA...THE BEACH CULTURE RULES! THEY SAY IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU WEAR IN A RESTAURANT, SUPERMARKET, OR ON THE STREET BUT YOU MUST WEAR A BIKINI AND SKIMPY ON THE BEACH! AND BELIEVE IT THEY ALL DO, NO MATTER WHAT THE SHAPE OR SIZE!
WE DIDN'T STOP TO BUY A HAT, BUT I DON'T THINK SHE WAS SELLING MANY SINCE THE TRAM TO CRISTO REDENTOR WAS CLOSED DUE TO MUD SLIDES
CHRIST THE REDEEMER UNDER SCAFFOLDING...MAYBE BECAUSE WE DON'T GO TO CHURCH OFTEN ENOUGH?
MADE OF OF SOAPSTONE, CHRIST THE REDEEMER NEEDS CONSTANT REFURBISHMENT...HERE HE IS, WITHOUT THE SCAFFOLDING, IN ALL HIS GLORY WATCHING OVER RIO DE JANERIO
