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Our taxi driver that took us up to Christ the Redeemer

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An older, nice building up in the hills

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View back down towards the city

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Stairs to reach the top

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The Christ the Redeemer.
It actually looks bigger from a distance.

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Poster with notations what is seen from this spot

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Old photo from the construction, completed in 1931.

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The statue from the back side

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Viewing platform, with the city covered in fog below

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View of Rio de Janeiro towards the East

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Maracanã Stadium seen through the haze.
Present capacity 107 000 spectators (about 205 000 in 1950).

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Illustates a problem: No space to put up new buildings

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The harp player greeting us as we entered the restaurant

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Preparing ribs

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We enjoy a very good meal

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Very juicy meat

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Apartment blocks as viewed from our sightseeing bus

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Traffic scene

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Sidewalk life

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Lady with her sales trolley

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Pineapple in a wheel barrow (why not?)

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Sleeping during a lull between transport jobs

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Three guys in a good mood

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Friends

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Looking out the car window towards our bus

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Enjoying icecream

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Sweet girl in a fancy, old-fashioned dress

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All cities have their street artists

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An escaped wiking?

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Street scene I

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Street scene II
Afternoon rush at 5 pm

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Street scene III

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Ad for Bradesco full-service bank
(and nice 28 degree temperature)

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Restaurant serving churrascaria - grilled meet on a scewer

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The meet was sliced off at your table

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Very jucy piece of mest

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Ready to enjoy.
You could order as many servings as you desired.

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Desserts

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Back on the street, Sonja found a flower to put up in the hair

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Writing post cards on a chess table in a park

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A house within the large building?

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Hotels along the Cococabana

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Couple on the way to the beach

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A seller of pants of all colors

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The Brazilin flag was a common sight

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People relaxing in the sand, while the ocean fog is drifting in

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Sonja getting her feet wet in the South Atlantic

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Petter was knocked down by the wave seconds after the photo