Tagged With "Rio Oroso"

I requested a can for recycling recently from the collection company. It was delivered with my address in black marker on the lid. The house number was correct but they got the street name wrong, calling it Sugarloaf. Maybe it's a sign!

Glad you ended the trip in style, but sorry that your journey has ended. I really enjoyed this series -- a model for how all of us should share our travel stories. Thanks!

Assuming nice weather and a clear day, about how much time would it take to get up to Corcovado (Christ the Redeemer statue) by train. look around and return?

The train takes about 25 min each way. Up top 15-45 min depending on how much photography and looking at things you want to do. The unknown is how long the lines are for the train. Early is better than late.

Jonathan L takes us on a visit to the University of Puerto Rico, and the town and market of Rio Piedras.

Jonathan L takes us to see this historic campus with its richly-decorated tower.

A change of plans takes PortMoresby down the mountain to explore one more town before heading home from Chiapas.

Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara Bay from Corcovado Mountain - Photo by Cafezinho   on Wikimedia Commons The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, signed into law a legislative bill to suspend it's visa requirement for foreign travelers next summer. The new law permits visitors to enter Brazil between June and September 18 and stay for 90 days without producing a visa. Brazil's Tourism Minister, Eduardo Alves said this about the Measure: “The measure...

At a time when everyone seems worried about borders, this is a surprise. You would almost think the Games would be the occasion for more, not less, caution.

The eyes of the world are always fully on the Olympic Games, making it, as we remember from the tragedy of 1972, a great target for terrorists. Perhaps in the world of political correctness, this is "wonderful gesture". I fear the Brazilians are putting themselves and their guests at unnecessary risk. No screening program will ever be perfect, but if it can keep out a few troublemakers, it seems worthwhile to me.

Having first-hand knowledge of the colossal ineptitude of Brazilian bureaucracy, where it can take years for a legal resident to get a driver's license and other insults to a normal person's sanity, the only possible answer to this puzzling turn of events is that someone with the power to effect the rules has opted for the one obvious solution to avoiding empty stadiums. The other thing I know about Brazil is that lawlessness is simply a way of life, so profit and smoothing the way for as...

DrFumblefinger shares some photos of the most common fish he encountered while visiting the Peruvian Amazon.

DrFumblefinger shares some photos taken from a tributary to the Amazon River in a remote part of Peru.

DrFumblefinger shares photos of a journey to a remote tributary river of the Amazon basin in Peru.

DrFumblefinger came across these three children paddling their dugout on one of the remote tributaries of the Amazon River in Peru.

Jonathan L found an leftover store from Rio Piedras' commercial past.

Jonathan L visits an historic building that has been saved and is returning to useful life.

 Here is the 2nd part of my trip to Rio.

 I recently spent 3 days in Rio de Janiero. It is a big city, one that has thrust itself into the 20th century. It is a center of banking and business, home to Petrobras and the former capital of Brazil.