Just hanging around.
Rio New Year's Eve ritual.
On New Year's Eve all the Cariocas dress in white (and also some Bostonians)
Ljudmila's turn to hand around
Coco Gelado (chilled coconut) kiosques in Copacabana
Hiking near Ipanema
Palm trees at Ipanema
Sitting and sipping a coconut
Do you see the little white bird?
One great egret and two anhingas
A great egret, Jason, and Corcovado
Of course that's not my purse!! (My purse is far more fashionable :)
In Rio, even the trees help you relax.
Lovely Ljudmila posing at IMPA.
The view of Rio from Vista Chinesa.
Jason, Eduardo and Nivaldo
Ljudmila, Jason and Nivaldo by the pagoda.
Meso do Imperador (The Emperor's Table)
One of the many maginificent birds of H. Stern
Corcovado from Morro da Urca
A copter ride around Rio
Downtown Rio from Morro da Urca
The bay from Morro da Urca
The car from Morro da Urca to Pao de Acucar (Sugarloaf Mountain). Don't look down!
Julio, Bianca, Ljudmila and Jason at the summit
Rio from Pao de Acucar
Monkeying around
Showing off its tail
Ljudmila and one of the magnificent birds of Amsterdam Sauer
A view of the ride from the base
The endless beach
My sugar and the Sugarloaf
The biggest floating electric Christmas tree in the world (as Eduardo points out, the ONLY floating electric Christmas tree in the world).
Parade of Palms in Jardim Botanico (the Botanical Gardens)
Lost in the lilies
Fruiting tree
Vines (I'm not sure if they're epiphytes or parasites)
Is the fisherman real or wood?
A fruiting tree with vines and epiphytes (well, maybe the vines are also epiphytes . . .)
Awesome tree
I carried that ridiculous pouch everywhere in Rio
Tangled trees
Rio's Rose Garden, and my beautiful white rose
The fountain at the heart of the garden
Two parrots on the fountain
A black squirrel in the garden
Lilypond
The fronds and the lilies
Inside the bromeliad house
This lizard was 2-3 feet long (and ran like a cheetah)!
A crowd of capivaras (much cuter than rodents in Boston)
Ljudmila rests on a petrified tree
The statue of Dom Pedro
The most well-behaved parishioners any priest could ask for
The little church near Catedral Metropolitano (the ENORMOUS church)
Catedral Metropolitano. The nave can hold 2000 people!
Edifico da Petrobras
Theatro Municipal
Another lovely building next to the theater
Convento St. Antonio
Confeitaria Colombo, Rio's most famous cafe (we had delicious cakes there)
Jason peeking out of the grotto in Jardim Botanico
Gazebo in the trees
A fountain in the garden
Ljudmila and a Jaca tree (Jackfruit tree)
Inside the orchidarium
At the middle of the orchidarium (but a wedding photographer made us move on after this shot)
A funky totem pole
Bromeliad leaves with very large fundamental group :)
Rings of flowers
The lilies here are almost as large as the palm trees
A tree with a very large fundamental group :)
Spreading in every direction
Spiky fruit on the spiky tree
Mangrove retreat
A beautiful flower
The bridge from Rio to Niteroi (seen from Corcovado)
Pao de Acucar from Corcovado
Christo Redemptor
Ljudmila posing with the statue
Museu Nacional (formally the Royal Palace)
