Monday 28 March 2011

Sao Paulo (Sampa) - The City - Photos

                                  Keeping the lamp post upright

                                           Window boxes

                                             Old churches

                                            Theatre


                                           Statue, my boy?


                                     Nice gardens in the city


                     Not all of the old buildings have been pulled down


                                            Post Office



                                                A college


                                  Artificial flowers for Carnaval


                  Central market - more fruit than you can shake a stick at


                     Museum Anchieta - The building is 457 years old

Curitiba and District, Brazil - Photos

                    Curitiba shopping mall - used to be the station!

                                       Curitiba - Hostal Roma


                                Curitiba - Jardim Botanico


                                            Exotic blooms


                                Curitiba to Morretes choo choo


                                           Colourful coaches

                                         Up in the rain forest


                                          15 carriages


                                   A riot of colour along the way


                                         Big brown rivers


                            Double header freight train at Morretes


                                               Paranagua


A trim little craft


                                  Lots of good trips from here

Sunday 27 March 2011

Rio de Janeiro - The Beaches - Photos

                                          Copacabana

                                            Love the hat!


                                       Very clean and tidy


                                            The Esplanade


                                   A much needed refresco


                                   The Band, Elwood, the Band


                   God alone knows what the bottled beer is made of!

                                         Cooling water vapour


                                            Sports galore

                                             Ipanema

                                       Just a few on the beach!!!

                                          Not many swimming


                                              Net mending


                                 Some swimming, some surfing


                                          Crowded this end
                                                JC and JC


                                         It´s them again

Parque des Aves, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil - Photos

                             Anything one can do toucan do better


































                             There are many other types of bird






















                                                                           





                    The answer is " because he doesn´t know the words"
                                         What is the question?


                                            Such a pretty boy!