Brazil

Barbados beaches near Georgetown (1)

Barbados beaches near Georgetown (2)

Barbados beaches near Georgetown (3)

Buzios - Main beach in town

Buzios - More beaches (1)

Buzios - More beaches (2)

Buzios - Sandcastle on the main beach

Buzios - Sculpture of Brigitte Bardot who made it famous by buying a house there in the 60's

Fortaleza - Cathedral

Fortaleza - Stained-glass window in the cathedral

Fortaleza - Stained-glass windows in cathedral

Fortaleza - The old and the new from the Museum of Contemporary Art

Fortaleza - Walkway to the Museum of Contemporary Art at the Cultural Center of the Dragon of the Sea

Fortaleza - Wall art at the Cultural Center of the Dragon of the Sea

French Guiana - Arriving at the ruins of the penal colony

French Guiana - Children's cemetery for the penal colony on Ile Royale

French Guiana - Famed letter to the French government by Emile Zola, regarding the Dreyfus affair

French Guiana - Famous, impregnable Devil's Island from Ile Royale

French Guiana - Individual cells at the penal colony on Ile Royale

French Guiana - Letter from Dreyfus to the director of the penal coluny, indicating his desire to end his life

French Guiana - Native monkey in the jungle on Ile Royale

French Guiana - Ruins of solitary confinement cells of old penal colony on Ile Royale

French Guiana - Salvation Islands, group name of Devil's, St. Joseph and Ile Royale islands

French Guiana - St.Joseph's Island from Ile Royale

French Guiana - Toucans cuddling outside the museum on Ile Royale

Georgetown, Barbados - 400-years old cannon at the Gunn Hill Signal Station

Natal - Bicycle shop across from the Capoeira club

Natal - Capoeira ceremonial dance of African origin (Adults)

Natal - Capoeira Club's youngest member, daughter of one of the teen female performers

Natal - Centro de Turismo, an old prison turned into an indoor native art market

Natal - High-schooler's turn at this Capoeira demonstration

Natal - Middle-schoolers' turn at this Capoeira demonstration

Petropolis - Imperial Palace

Petropolis - The Quintandinha Hotel

Rio de Janeiro - A favorite optical trick of tourists

Rio de Janeiro - Christ the Redeemer, symbol of the city, if not the country of Brazil

Rio de Janeiro - City center and Guanabara bay from Corcovado Mountain

Rio de Janeiro - Entering Guanabara Bay at dawn

Rio de Janeiro - Famous wave pattern of the Copacabana boardwalk

Rio de Janeiro - Guanabara Bay and the Sugar Loaf seen from Corcovado Mountain

Rio de Janeiro - Headless Christ the Redeemer, seen from the back and below

Rio de Janeiro - Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, the most pleasant neighborhood of the city, from Corcovado Mountain

Rio de Janeiro - Stadium where the 2014 World Cup's ill-fated final fame took place in June

Rio de Janeiro - Statue of Christ the Redeemer

Rio de Janeiro - Typical Favellas up the many hills all around the city

Salvador - Baiana ready to collect her tip for my taking her photo

Salvador - Blend of old and new

Salvador - Bonfim church, prayer flags tied on the fence

Salvador - Bonfim Church, with prayer flags on the fence

Salvador - Church of Sao Francisco off the main square in the Pelourhinho neighborhood

Salvador - Church of the convent of the Church of Sao Francisco

Salvador - Colorful buildings on and near the main square in the Pelourinho neighborhood

Salvador - Museum Afro-Brazilian in the main square in the Pelourinho neighborhood

Salvador - Orishas, ancient African deities in a city lake

Salvador - Replicas of limbs allegedly ssaved by our Lady of Successs

Salvador - Spontaneous demonstration of capoeira in the Pelourinho neighborhood

Salvador - Street art in lower city

Salvador, Brazil - Abandoned raft in lower city

Salvador's lower city - 1743 (1)

Salvador's lower city - 1743 (2)