Continuing...

Tuesday, November 21, 2006


More pictures posted
Current mood: content
Category: Travel and Places

I've put up some more pictures.

These were taken with Dani's camera, some by me, some by her.

The URL is http://new.photos.yahoo.com/clintonhlowery/album/576460762346888425 for the new album.

Old photos are placed in the Flight to Rio folder - http://new.photos.yahoo.com/clintonhlowery/album/576460762346779925

and in the Miami folder - http://new.photos.yahoo.com/clintonhlowery/album/576460762346603272

I've also started a "Personal favourites" folder - http://new.photos.yahoo.com/clintonhlowery/album/576460762345609275

As far as what's happening in Rio --

Monday was a holiday in Brazil - the Birthday of Zumbi, a hero to Brazilians of African descent, celebrated mostly in Rio de Janiero. The American equivalent would be MLK day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumbi

Senor Rubens rented a car for Dani to drive while in Rio - a VW Gol (not a Golf, it's an economy version of the Golf). We went and picked up a friend of hers named Ani that she hadn't seen in a while and we went to Barra Shopping, the largest shopping center in Rio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Gol

Barra Shopping has eight cinemas, a large shopping area and food court, and an almost completely separate second section called the "New York City Shopping" area, with a replica of the Statue of Liberty and other NYC landmarks.

http://www.barrashopping.com.br/index2.asp

After spending about three hours wandering around and eating, we said we'd go see a movie Friday, and then called it a night.

Tuesday, nothing much. Dani went to the dentist, and Senor Rubens drove the two of us over the mountain to the North zone of Rio, the neighborhood of Tijuca. A friend in Jax - Joana - is from here. The drive was quite pretty. We passed through a couple of favelas on the way. It is striking to see the differences between one part of town and another - it's like going from Ponte Vedra to the Northside by crossing a hill. Sometimes the disparity can be seen on two sides of the same street.

Other than that short trip, not much more. Just read some more of Friedman's book The World is Flat and slept a good bit.