Nik02276.jpg=Jardim de Alah park
S702282.jpg=Arriving at Brisbane over Leslie Harrison Dam aka Tingalpa Reservoir
S702265.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Corcovado Hill views of Rio, Copacabana, Ipanema
20180225_214605.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Corcovado Hill views of Rio, Copacabana, Ipanema
S7022617.jpg=Rio de Janeiro downtown
20180227_030120.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Copacabana beach
S7022626.jpg=Escadaria Selarón, also known as the 'Selaron Steps'
Nik02277.jpg=Canal leading to Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Nik02268.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Sugarloaf Hill views.
S702273.jpg=Ipanema beach
S702264.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Corcovado Hill views of Rio, Copacabana, Ipanema
S7022624.jpg=Escadaria Selarón, also known as the 'Selaron Steps', is a set of world-famous steps in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They are the work of Chilean-born artist Jorge Selarón who claimed it as "my tribute to the Brazilian people"
Nik02275.jpg=The Redeemer statue can be seen from the beach at Ipenema
S702281.jpg=Arriving at Brisbane over the bay islands
20180226_014853.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Brazilian BBQ lunch with some of our fellow tourists
S7022618.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Monserrate Church
S702267.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Sugarloaf Hill
S702272.jpg=Next day a subway ride to Ipanema beach
Nik02267.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Sugarloaf Hill views.
S7022623.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Maracana Stadium (Estadio Mario Filho)
Nik0227.jpg=Ipanema beach - Favelas
20180225_235416.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Sugarloaf Hill
S7022615.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Monserrate Church
S702271.jpg=Next day a subway ride to Ipanema beach
Nik022610.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Sugarloaf Hill views.
Nik02279.jpg=Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Nik02266.jpg=The Ilhas Cagarras (Cagarras Islands) are an uninhabited archipelago located 5 km off Ipanema beach, and a small-ish cruise ship entering port
S7022622.jpg=Catholic Catedral Metropolitana and bell tower
Nik02264.jpg=Black Vulture - very common throughout South America
S7022616.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Monserrate Church
S702266.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Sugarloaf Hill views. The longest bridge in the southern hemishpere is the Rio-Niterói Bridge which connects the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Niterói in Brazil. It is 13 km long.
S7022621.jpg=Catholic Catedral Metropolitana
Nik02278.jpg=Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon - Heron
Nik02265.jpg=Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 8–18 August at Marina da Gloria in Guanabara Bay.
Nik022611.jpg=Black Vultures hovering around Sugarloaf Hill
20180225_233938.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Sugarloaf Hill views.
Nik02263.jpg=With a wingspan of 1.5 m (4.9 ft), the Black Vulture is a large bird though relatively small for a vulture. It has black plumage, a featherless, grayish-black head and neck, and a short, hooked beak. The black vulture is a scavenger and feeds on carrion, but will also eat eggs or kill newborn animals.
S7022612.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Sugarloaf Hill views.
Nik022710.jpg=Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Nik02271.jpg=Ipanema beach
Nik022612.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Sugarloaf Hill view of the smaller waterfront domestic airport
Nik02262.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - climbers on the rock faces of Sugarloaf Hill
S7022620.jpg=Catholic Catedral Metropolitana, a church that on the outside, looks nothing like a church
Nik0227Pan06.JPG=Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
S70228.jpg=We leave Rio de Janeiro [Brazil] and stopover at Santiago [Chile] on our way home
Nik022711.jpg=Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Nik022614.jpg=Brazil; "I love you"Escadaria Selarón, also known as the 'Selaron Steps'
S7022611.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Sugarloaf Hill views.
Nik0226.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Corcovado Hill and the statue of Christ the Redeemer
S702277.jpg=Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon was used as the rowing venue for the 2016 Olympic Games
Nik02272.jpg=Ipanema beach
S7022614.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Sugarloaf Hill
Nik022613.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Sugarloaf Hill Favela views.
20180227_005821.jpg=Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
S70227.jpg=Ipanema canal that flushes Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. The lagoon is connected to the Atlantic Ocean, allowing sea water to enter by a canal along the edge of a park locally known as Jardim de Alah
S702276.jpg=Jardim de Alah park street market
S702263.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Corcovado Hill views of Rio, Copacabana, Ipanema
Nik022712.jpg=Returning to Copacabana
Nik02274.jpg=Ipanema beach where a salesman is hawking bikini tops - seemed to doing OK
S702268.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Sugarloaf Hill cable car
20180225_230625.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Sugarloaf Hill cable car
S7022619.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Monserrate Church
Nik02273.jpg=Ipanema beach with machines clearing the canal
S702262.jpg=Christ the Redeemer - It was completed in 1931 and stands 98 feet (30 metres) tall, its horizontally outstretched arms spanning 92 feet (28 metres)
S702275.jpg=Jardim de Alah park
DSC_3114.JPG=Black Vultures hovering around Sugarloaf Hill
Nik02269.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Sugarloaf Hill views.
S702269.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Cable cars from 1912 and 1972
S7022613.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Sugarloaf Hill
20180226_025222.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Monserrate Church
S702261.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Corcovado Hill
Nik022713.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - Copacabana beach
Nik02261.jpg=Rio de Janeiro - on Corcovado Hill stands the statue of Christ the Redeemer
S7022625.jpg=Escadaria Selarón, also known as the 'Selaron Steps'
S70227Pan10.JPG=Rio de Janeiro - Copacabana beach
S702274.jpg=Ipanema beach
