March 17, 2005A Frog in MambucabaWe came across this sad frog at the bus station on our way back from Mambucaba to Rio, the morning after a heavy rain. It just sat there, refusing to move. I took advantage of its motionlessness and got a few closeup shots. BTW, a frog is called "rã" in Portuguese, this is pronounced like English "huh", but nasalized. It's not the funniest Portuguese words, but definitely one of the strangest. Filed under: Paraty , Brazil Winter 2004-2005 CommentsFebruary 27, 2005Porto da Barra, SalvadorFiled under: Brazil Winter 2004-2005 , Salvador CommentsPlease leave your comments. The comments are moderated against link spam and may not appear on the site immediately. Comentários em português são bem-vindos. Puede escribir en castellano también, pero puedo responder solamente en Portuñol. Mozhno po-russki, no v nastoyaschii moment tol'ko v translite. You can also email me at yuri{at}freewisdom.org. February 27, 2005A Church in PelourinhoFiled under: Brazil Winter 2004-2005 , Salvador CommentsPlease leave your comments. The comments are moderated against link spam and may not appear on the site immediately. Comentários em português são bem-vindos. Puede escribir en castellano también, pero puedo responder solamente en Portuñol. Mozhno po-russki, no v nastoyaschii moment tol'ko v translite. You can also email me at yuri{at}freewisdom.org. February 22, 2005More SouvenirsFiled under: Brazil Winter 2004-2005 , Salvador CommentsPlease leave your comments. The comments are moderated against link spam and may not appear on the site immediately. Comentários em português são bem-vindos. Puede escribir en castellano también, pero puedo responder solamente en Portuñol. Mozhno po-russki, no v nastoyaschii moment tol'ko v translite. You can also email me at yuri{at}freewisdom.org. February 20, 2005Pelourinho - Salvador's Elevated "Downtown" (Cidade Alta)Filed under: Brazil Winter 2004-2005 , Salvador CommentsPlease leave your comments. The comments are moderated against link spam and may not appear on the site immediately. Comentários em português são bem-vindos. Puede escribir en castellano también, pero puedo responder solamente en Portuñol. Mozhno po-russki, no v nastoyaschii moment tol'ko v translite. You can also email me at yuri{at}freewisdom.org. February 12, 2005Salvador's "Low Town" (Cidade Baixa) and Elevador LacerdaSalvador, one of the oldest cities in Brazil, has it's old downtown perched on top of a cliff, overlooking the sea 85 meters below. The strip of land between the cliff and the sea is known as the "Low Town." One can get from Low Town to High Town by Elevador Lacerda, which costs 10 centavos (about 4 cents) - so cheap even by Brazilian standards that it makes me wonder why they bother charging money. (You need to stand in line to buy those 10 centavos tickets. But Bahia is all about waiting.) On both sides of the elevator one can see old buildings, with their backs to the cliff, mostly in appalling condition. Despite the fact that the building look like they might collapse any day, it appears that someone lives in them. Filed under: Brazil Winter 2004-2005 , Salvador CommentsPlease leave your comments. The comments are moderated against link spam and may not appear on the site immediately. Comentários em português são bem-vindos. Puede escribir en castellano también, pero puedo responder solamente en Portuñol. Mozhno po-russki, no v nastoyaschii moment tol'ko v translite. You can also email me at yuri{at}freewisdom.org. February 8, 2005Copacabana before the FireworksCopacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro before New Year fireworks. I guess I am a month behind in uploading the photos. :) Filed under: Rio , Brazil Winter 2004-2005 CommentsPlease leave your comments. The comments are moderated against link spam and may not appear on the site immediately. Comentários em português são bem-vindos. Puede escribir en castellano también, pero puedo responder solamente en Portuñol. Mozhno po-russki, no v nastoyaschii moment tol'ko v translite. You can also email me at yuri{at}freewisdom.org. January 30, 2005Cats and CotiasMy mom read in Russia that Rio de Janeiro is "a city of stray cats." We made fun of the clueless author, having hardly seen a single stray cat in the city, until we came upon a downtown park Campo de Santana. The park was packed with stray cats. It was also inhabited by strange creatures that I have never heard of before, which looked like a strange cat-size cross between rats, squirrels and kangaroos. We heard several suggestions about what the animal might be called in Portuguese and verified them via Google Images, until we finally hit the jackpot with "cotia." From there, we discovered that the English name for the creature is "agouti." They live in Brazil and the Guineas. Honolulu Zoo website has more information. Filed under: Rio , Brazil Winter 2004-2005 CommentsPlease leave your comments. The comments are moderated against link spam and may not appear on the site immediately. Comentários em português são bem-vindos. Puede escribir en castellano también, pero puedo responder solamente en Portuñol. Mozhno po-russki, no v nastoyaschii moment tol'ko v translite. You can also email me at yuri{at}freewisdom.org. January 24, 2005Corcovado RevisitedFiled under: Rio , Brazil Winter 2004-2005 CommentsPlease leave your comments. The comments are moderated against link spam and may not appear on the site immediately. Comentários em português são bem-vindos. Puede escribir en castellano también, pero puedo responder solamente en Portuñol. Mozhno po-russki, no v nastoyaschii moment tol'ko v translite. You can also email me at yuri{at}freewisdom.org. January 13, 2005Souvenirs of RioFiled under: Rio , Brazil Winter 2004-2005 CommentsPlease leave your comments. The comments are moderated against link spam and may not appear on the site immediately. Comentários em português são bem-vindos. Puede escribir en castellano también, pero puedo responder solamente en Portuñol. Mozhno po-russki, no v nastoyaschii moment tol'ko v translite. You can also email me at yuri{at}freewisdom.org. |
Pelourinho - Salvador's Elevated "Downtown" (Cidade Alta) Salvador's "Low Town" (Cidade Baixa) and Elevador Lacerda Copacabana before the Fireworks |
Please leave your comments. The comments are moderated against link spam and may not appear on the site immediately. Comentários em português são bem-vindos. Puede escribir en castellano también, pero puedo responder solamente en Portuñol. Mozhno po-russki, no v nastoyaschii moment tol'ko v translite. You can also email me at yuri{at}freewisdom.org.