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.

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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 !

That´s me wondering how it was in 1565 when the invaders tried to enter the sea in our city of Rio de Janeiro

Hernan was impressed with the beauty of the place and how the Fort is well preserved

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THE FLORESTA DA TIJUCA PARK

Tijuca forest in the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro it is one of the biggest Urban Forest in the world covering 3.200 hectare it harbored a large indigenous population untill the 16th century the original florest was destroyed to make way for coffee farmers on the second half of the 19th century later on it was replanted to protect the Rio water supply because in the middle of the rivers of the city or Rio were drying up



The guard at the entrance gave us many rules about the Park and how to behave with the little animals and how to do the track up to Pico da Tijuca

Eduardo it´s experienced in Mountains so he went to the Pico da Tijuca ,with the girls it´s about 1 hour walk till the top you need to have lots of water , a backpaker on your shoulders , sunscreen , sunblock and a repelent then you are ready to go

The monkey is watching Jackie from the top of the pole and she was looking at the other ones around

When the girls contact me for some adventure they never imagine how fun it was going to be !!!!!!!!!! we saw on our way up some species of Nail Monkey ( Macaco Prego )

Many species of little animals like the ` Guati ´ are seen at the Forest crossing our way

                            It´s amazing how they are so sweet with us and very curious