O Cristo Redentor - most people look away from him at the view of the city. We were up there on a Sunday during mass.

Rio Photo

View from hotel.

Rio

Rio de Janeiro has be amazing so far. Yesterday we went to the Niteroi Museum. Had to take a ferry across Guanabara Bay which was really fun. Cloudy and rainy; saw the Christ in the clouds. The museum contains an unimpressive contemporary art collection, the real draw is the building itself. Right on the water and offers some great views that I'm sure are even greater when it is clear.




















At night we headed to Lapa, the happening place at night, and went to Estrela da Lapa to see the samba group Bateria da Mangueira. About 10 guys on percussion and one singing/playing ukulele; simply amazing.

Today was spent wandering around and tomorrow we will head to either Ipanema or Christ the Redeemer.

Last Leg

Hello! I am in Rio de Janeiro at the Hotel Formule 1! Sorry I have been AWOL while in Maringa. Our workshop was packed in, we only had three days, and the internet was spotty. Nothing too exciting happend while I was there anyway. The highlights are: our hotel was named King Konfort, and none of the Brazilian students could figure out why we thought this was so funny; I had an amazing corn dish, called pamonha, which is like a Brazilian tamale for dinner one night at the market; and the Maringa airport rivals the likes of New Bern Int'l.

Our flights to Rio had exciting landings and despite the clouds Rio's lights were still very impressive. This city looks amazing, but there are some sections that we drove through to get to our hotel that look seriously frightening. Cloudy day today, so I'll hold off on Corcovado and Cristo Redentor until it is clear. Not too sure how much I'll be pulling my camera out, everyone seems to make this city out to be rather dangerous but we'll see.

I Appreciate Your Patience...

I thought I'd get to posting about the past several days tonight, but I was wrong. Bus ride tomorrow, I'll type something up during the trip and get it up when I can in Maringá. I had my last round of night photography on our hotel's roof with a full moon send-off.

The Past Week: Trailor

This is one of my many photos from Parque Tanguá, which is where I spent most of today - my last full day here in Curitiba.

Our project is done and the presentation went pretty good.

More on the end of our workshop and my day about the city to come....

***Photo page updated: http://picasaweb.google.com/aaronnbland/BrazilBlogSupplementalPhotos?feat=directlink

Photos

I have created a photo album so I can put more pictures up in one place. I'll still put the most interesting and relevant photos on here with posts, but for those who want more - and to save the frustration of putting multiple photos on the blog one at a time - I'll post many to the album. Location of each will be in the caption.

Link:
http://picasaweb.google.com/aaronnbland/BrazilBlogSupplementalPhotos?feat=directlink