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2009/10/12

DOWNTOWN RIO DE JANEIRO CHURCHES WITH A NICE ENGLISH VISITORS

Together with my friends I went for a walk in downtown area and we passed by the Tirandentes Palace , downtown Rio ( it´s the home of the Assembléia Legislativa do Rio de Janeiro -The Rio de Janeiro Legislature building it was built in 1922 has several politics elements as the Tiradentes Statue - a Brazilian Independence hero

The Arquicheture of the first Centro Cultural of Bank of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro built in 1880 and in 1989 was converted into a Cultural Center that today consists of two Theaters , four exhibition halls a computerized library with over than 100.000 volumes , an auditorium , video rooms and has a wide variety of cultural offerings we had a wonderful Brazilian coffee in one of the greatest coffee shop in the area where we could read many interesting books

we walked to see many beautiful churches dated from the 19th Century

These marvelous couple from England contact me when they were cruising the Brazilian waters and landed at the Port of Rio de Janeiro they had a day off here in Rio so they send me an e-mail asking about the full day tours ,so I pick them at the Port of Rio de Janeiro and we went to have a walk in downtown and I showed them all I could in one day ,two or three days would be better to see the beauty of the city so I took them with my confortable to show them all.

we head to Niterói bridge to go to the city of Niterói to see the National Park with this awsome view

their testimony :

Diana this is just to let you know that we now have returned safely to England after our trip to S.America .One of the highlights was our trip to Rio on 17th March with you , you are a brilliant guide and got the balance just right for us , it was a most memorable day that we will treasure always it was a pleasure to meet you and spend the day with you .

Regards Wolsey and Merril Jameson
Barney & Phil

Very many thanks !
Thank you , I was honored to tour with you , God bless England !
Diana Persi

FULL DAY TOUR WITH 4 PEOPLE -U$250 DOLLARS IT TAKES FROM 6 TO 8 HOURS

2009/07/22

FULL DAY TOUR IN RIO WITH HERNAN AND HIS PARENTS

Since 1950 with the World Cup The Maracana Football Stadium has been used for Club games with four major Clubs in Rio de Janeiro such as Flamengo , Botafogo , Fluminense and Vasco with football matches it has also many Concerts and sporting Events , In 1980 Pope John Paul II perfomed masses at the Stadium on more than one ocasion . Great Musical Productions have taken place there with celebrated International Idols such as Frank Sinatra, Paul MacCartney , Tina Turner , Rolling Stones ,Madonna , Prince , Gun´s and Roses , George Michael , INXS , A-HA , perfomed Shows there .

The tour includes Hall of Fame , side walk of Fame , Historical Photographs and Panoramic views, Pele was the best Brazilian player in all times with 1000th career goal

The Maracana is a special place for all brazilians and special for me that adore to show you this marvellous Stadium

Family and I in the middle of the lawn

The Maracana Sports Complex can hold up to 114.145 spectators and occupies a total area of 304.284m2 that includes Maracanazinho ( a small maracana in size ) where you can see games and competitions , now Brazil is applying for the 2012 Olyimpic Summer Games where plans are made to use the Maracana as grounds for football , voleyball an waterpolo.

An Spetacular view of Rio de Janeiro from City Park , a Municipal biology and Forest Preservation located at Viração Hill with 270 meters hight , it occupies a 149.390 m2 area
has been inaugurated on 21st , 1976 and it has a belvedere where we can see panoramic views of Piratininga , Itaipu Lagoons , Camboinhas Beach , this is a view from Guanabara Bay and Rio de Janeiro , there are two ramps propitious for the practice of the hangliding and parapente

This is the best Restaurant that I´ve ever been in my life , it´s a all you can eat , with differents kinds of food for all tastes , and of course we stopped by to have a great lunch between our tour .

Guanabara bay is the second largest bay in area in Brazil , at 159 sq mi ( 412 square kilometres ) with a perimeter of 143 kilometres (89) mi , the name Guanabara comes from the Tupi - Guarani language it´s translated as the `Bosom of the Sea ´ the Bay is 31 kilometres long ( 19mi ) and 28 kilometres wide ( 17mi ) and it is crossed by the Rio-Niteroi bridge with 13.29 kilometres long and there is a heavy boat and ship traffic including reguar ferryboats lines .

The fort Santa Cruz ( 1565 ) is inside a Military area it guards the narrowest part of Guanabara Bay , it is the main defensive installation of Rio de Janeiro in the Colonial Period it is now occupied by an air defense unit , some parts of the structure are the Chapel , the Prison and the Cova das Onças ( torture chambre ) dated from the 17th century , and has a stunning view of Sugar Loaf and the Bay .

At the Restaurant Zéfiro inside the Fort the main food is grilled fish they have Lobsters , Shrimp , Crabs and Contemporanian Food , it´s delicious !