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View from our hotel. It lies at the North end of the Cocabana beach.
Neibors. |
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Street view. Off to the Botanical
Garden of Rio, founded in 1804 during the Napoleon wars. |
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Nice pond. Watch the
video
of the garden. The garden was beautifully
laid out. |
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The founder of the park, King
Philip the 8th of Portugal. Jorunn and Martin at
the feet of the founder. |
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Martin getting ready to roam the
park. Some information in Spanish and Norwegian. |
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Anna S had left the group.
Big pond in the entrance area. |
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Martin at a tree.
Fancy flowers. |
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Knut trying his best to take a
photo. The biggest water lilies in the world.
From the Amazons. |
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Bamboos a fast growing form of
grass. The group around a central part of the
park. |
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The color wheel in the
centre of the park. Unclear what it symbolizes.
World biggest water lilies from the Amazon. |
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A garden pavilion
nicely done out.
More big lilies from the Amazon. |
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Lovely garden pavilion
used by the founding king. Details of water
lilies. |
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Big grass.
More lilies. |
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Some succulent plants.
Martin needed a rest. |
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Amazing nest made by
termite ants in the tree? Jorunn and Martin
having a rest. |
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Nils, our eminent
Norwegian tour guide in the trees. Jorunn and
Martin having a rest. |
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Fancy flowers.
Jorunn in the green house. |
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Jorunn and some plants.
Martin having a look around. |
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Red plant.
Flower display in a green house. |
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Orchids.
Another garden pavilion of the fancy sort. |
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More orchids.
Pathway along the flowers. |
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Orchids.
Fancy red plant. |
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Jorunn and some
orchids. The green houses were amazing. The were
very well laid out with name and info on the plants on display. |
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Weird plant.
More green house. |
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Flesh eating plants.
Another nice green house. |
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A lovely pool not for
swimming. Green house. |
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Water plants.
Informational sign, only in Spanish. That is a mistake. |
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Coconuts.
Grassy plants. |
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Nils is on the go.
A lovely overview. |
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Succulent plants.
Succulent plants. |
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Succulent plants.
Some plants. |
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Succulent plants.
Knut and Thomas having a look. |
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Trees.
Red plants. |
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More trees.
Some unknown fruits. |
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Pink plants. Hut for
maintenance? |
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Mushrooms.
Edible? |
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The palm trees from
Mauritius were impressive. They were planted
around 1812 when Mauritius was taken over from the French by the British. |
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Some fancy art work
among the palm trees.
These palm trees are among
the tallest in the world and these are more than 200 years old. But a few of
them have died. |
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Martin at the foot of
one of the big trees. You feel kind of small
standing there. |
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Big trees were all over
the place. Jorunn and one of the big trees. |
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Some lovely flowers in
the garden. They had a restaurant there, but no
beers. |
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In the entrance, they
had this very interesting solar clock. It worked.
Outside of an original church in Rio. |
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Not much to look at
from the outside, but the inside was magnificent.
Outside, not much. |
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The mirror image of the
church shown on a neighboring office building. A
fancy tower of sorts. Purpose unknown. Clock tower? |
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Jorunn with the
mirrored church in the background. After the
church, our last visit in Rio, up to the
Sugar Loaf. |
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Lofty condoles took us
up there in two steps. The first stop. |
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The downward condole is
passing us. Jorunn had height freight and
preferred not to look out. |
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The Loaf itself, the
end station. Martin on the top. |
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Happy siblings on the
top. Rio beneath us. |
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Helicopter pad next to
the top. Lush vegetation all around. |
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Harbor full of boats
for leisure. Condo on the beach. |
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Misty town.
Details of the housing in Rio through the mist. |
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Town view.
Jesus in the horizon through the mist on the way down. |
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Last view of town
before we are down. Watch the
video.
Stone parrots for sale. |
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Nice vegetation on top.
Rio below. |
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Jorunn on top of the
Sugar Loaf. A lot of signatures from past
visitors. |
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Some real nice flowers
thrive on top as well. Looking down on the lunch
crowd. |
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At the bottom, there
were plenty of shops to spend your money on. Like these parrots.
Time to go down the last stretch. |
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Sea view from the
second platform. Another sea view. |
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Martin having lunch on
the top. Martin on the top with his beer. |
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Block of flat at the
bottom. Details for the cables driving the show. |
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Boarding for Amsterdam. Buying yellow Brazilian T-shirt. |
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Queuing for security
check. |
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