Mountains and Rocks of Rio

view of the mountains  when you visit City Park in Niterói City

this is the most amazing place it´s  Angra dos Reis near the big Island ( Ilha Grande ) the name this paradise is   blue lagoon where you can practise snorkeling and see colorful fishing passing nearby you and this is one of the Itineraries of the cruise ship when they visit the coast of Rio

this mountain is located at Lagoa Rodrigos de Freitas de big lagoon located near Ipanema neighboorhod

this is my favorite place the Sugar Loaf mountain with 600 million years of age proud and sovereign one of the most visited attractions in Rio located at Urca neighboorhod

this is the Island of the good trip ( Ilha da boa viagem ) you can see this Island when you visit the Museum of Art Contemporary at Niterói it´s a nice and quite area with a beautiful beach

the mountain you see behind  is part of  the Tijuca forest and the green area is the Itanhanga Golf course

the moutain you see in this picture it´s located in Buzios a fisherman city about 2 hours and a half away of Rio it´s another paradise and a very sofisticated area

 

another lille Island of Buzios beach town 

 Pepino beach at São Conrado neighboorhod a very nice beach

the Sugar Loaf mountain seen from the Fort of Santa Cruz

the beach is macumba beach protected by  this nice mountain

this is Ipanema beach and  mountains we see behing  are pedra da gávea and the other one located at Tijuca forest  

the rocks at Niemeyer and the neighboorhod of leblon

Guanabara bay with these wonderful mountains of Sugar Loaf and all the mountains of niteroi

this is the view of  an instructor when climbing  the Urca mountain

Marapendi lagoon with the mountains of Grota funda

the moutain is located at Joatinga with expensive houses that worth millions of dollars and belong to the artists , actors and  actress is like our Beverly hills in Rio

Leme mountain and behind you can see Copacabana beach

view of Jurujuba ( Niterói ) from the City Park ( Viração mountain )

Tijuca forest mountain and the houses in Gigóia´s Island

Mountain inside the historical city of Petropolis near Rio de Janeiro

Mountain at  Barra da Tijuca neigoborhood near the bridge

Corcovado mountain with the statue of Christ the Redeemer on top

this is a hill of Vidigal taken by the slums you can barely see the mountain only small houses made of brick and wood

hill near  São Conrado beach

mountains located in  Itacoatiara beach ( Niteroi city )

Arpoador Rocks in Ipanema beach

CARNIVAL IN RIO 2011

                         THIS YEAR THE WINNER WAS THE SCHOOL BEIJA-FLOR

RIO CARNIVAL 2011 IN RIO DE JANEIRO

The Carnival season has begun in Rio de Janeiro ! 

the city mayor handed the key to King Momo the ceremony marked the beginning of the celebrations of tourists from all over Brazil and the world to listen to Brazilian music from samba originated from  african-Brazilians slaves    and see the beautiful mulata  girls dancing in the middle of the Avenue of the Sambadrome.

But Carnival is not just for Avenue there is also a street carnival that brings together millions of revelers who dance following the bands, revelers have fun wearing varied  costumes  these groups are entire families, young guys and girls , old, friends, everybody joined in 4 days of celebration

me and my friends have already entered the Carnival revelry yes because this not only  the best time for a tour guide to work as well as to enjoy the carnival with my  friends

 

the party starts even before the official date where we already have several weeks prior the whole city blocks in the Rio

I was in Santa Teresa with my friends last Saturday and we enjoyed a lot to see everybody dresses in funny clothes

                         I was in the middle of the crowdy with a Hawaiian fantasy

at the streets of Santa Teresa we  saw  many funny costumes like this boy dressed like a sunflower

          the funniest guy  was this one  taking a shower in the middle of the street

                                      and also had this girl who was wearing several beer cans

FULL DAY TOUR IN RIO FIRST STOP PARQUE LAJE

Park Lage is located at Jardim Botanico street , near the Lagoon Rodrigos de Freitas has a historical building protected as national monument , with the School of Visual Art that occupies a luxurious early 20th century building

the charming scenery includes an area of 348 acres of Atlantic forest at the foot of Corcovado with gardens, ponds, walkways, trails and picnic areas in the family

at headquarters, the eclectic style combines marbles, tiles imported from Italy and decorative painting signed by Salvador Paylos Sabaté. The space has a charming cafe, crowded on Sunday mornings

inside the park you can visit an aquarium inside  a cave and you can  see a variety of ornamental fish

FIFTH ANNUAL TOURISM SEMINAR IN RIO DE JANEIRO

This was an annual  meeting that took place in the  month of March in a large space in Sao Paulo where several travel agencies met to promote the natural attractions and places of tourist interest in their states and several states have participated in São Paulo

I was there visitng the booth of Bahia  where Brazil began. It was here that Portuguese explorers in 1549 founded a settlement on the peninsula in Todos os Santos Bay, discovered by Amerigo Vespucci in 1501. It was there  that slaves from Africa disembarked and brought their culture to the new world. It was there where  the Portuguese, African and indigenous cultures met, melded and produced the vibrant music, food, customs and religion typical of Bahia.

I was there visiting the indigenous tribe of Porto Seguro in Bahia  the Natural  Reserve in  Jaqueira is  the most interesting region, the symbiosis between culture and nature , the region  maintained and preserved by the Indians of the tribe Pataxó, keeps intact the richness of the Atlantic and remains today under several Indigenas , that there have their small thatched houses and adobe.

The tribe Pataxó is one of the most important colonies of Indians of Brazil, having maintained its purity and tradition until the present day. The reserve is now a form of subsistence and dissemination of culture Pataxó.

part of the ethnic Indians in the village are Pataxo Indigenous Land of Red Crown, Cabrália Santa Cruz, Bahia located  in  Northeast of  Brazil these indigenous  Pataxó in Jaqueira which lies on the border of the municipalities of Porto Seguro and Santa Cruz Cabrália. They work with  craft, the bow, arrow, customs, traditions, dances, indigenous paintings, indigenous games.

I feel honored to live in a country that has its origins in history in  the year of 1500 where everything started  in the state of Bahia that has  its culture and welcome the first people to inhabit our great country !

 

CHRIST THE REDEEMER WITH A NICE FAMILY FROM MEXICO

The Statue of Christ the Redeemer is the most visited attraction in RIO DE JANEIRO

the family in a chapel located inside Christ the Redeemer´s

after visiting the Statue  we visited the Tijuca Forest Park

one of the niciest waterfall near the city of Rio

me and my friends from Mexico -Laura and jose and their kids having a lunch in one of the local Restaurant at Marapendi wetlands  where you can eat the best fresh fish in Barra da Tijuca  !

the family on a flat boat called chalana , they enjoyed a lot this  calm lagoon  

on this day we saw a cayman getting a little bit of sun near the trees

we also saw a Capivara family the mother and her six babies 

on the next day I visited the lagoon again with Carry and Messy and they observed the nature