What is all this hype about Brazil? I'm no expert on this country, but Brazil is a great destination. With its sheer size and diverse nature, tropical climate, beaches, carnevals, rich and poor people, Brazil has someting to offer to most tourists. Together these facts make this country so colorful. And of course, Rio de Janeiro is a very beautiful city, with the blue ocean, white beaches and green mountains. It is probably one of the most scenic big cities of the world. Dangerous also, with all the crime.
Here are a few images from our visit to Rio de Janeiro in 2005.
View from Corcovado toward Sugar Loaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro
View from Sugar Loaf Mountain
Rio de Janeiro
Cactus (Cereus or pilosocereus?), Rio de Janeiro
A Black Vulture circling in the sky above Sugar Loaf Mountain
Rio de Janeiro
NTNU team (Ola, Erlend, Bjørn H., Øyvind, Eiliv, Sindre, Åsa and Pål )
Christ the Redeemer, Corcovado
The Christ the Redeemer statue is 30 meter tall and 28 meters wide. See how small the repair people are
Beach life - Copacabana
Rio de Janeiro
View from the hotel room
Skol !
Roadside Hawk
Magnificent Frigatebird
Sunrise swim at Copacabana
Did somebody just die?
Sofitel, our conference Hotel at Copacabana
Sunrise swim at Copacabana
Parque Nacional da Tijuca
Trip to Parque Nacional da Tijuca outside Rio de Janeiro
Parque Nacional da Tijuca
Parque Nacional da Tijuca
Impatiens? Parque Nacional da Tijuca
Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), Parque Nacional da Tijuca
Parque Nacional da Tijuca
Parque Nacional da Tijuca
Parque Nacional da Tijuca
Mayrink chapel, Parque Nacional da Tijuca
Flower, Parque Nacional da Tijuca
A Metalmark butterfly (Synargis victrix), Parque Nacional da Tijuca
Copacabana view from the outdoor breakfast area at Sofitel
South of Rio de Janeiro