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| Rio at sunset - setting the scene. |
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| Sandcastles |
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| Copacabana - view from our hotel window |
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| Hotel pool |
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| Copacabana in the distance |
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| Copacabana close up |
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Ipanema
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| Catedral Metropolitana: completed in 1976. It is 83 metres high. |
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| Cathedral interior |
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| Truly awesome |
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| Cathedral ceiling |
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| Brazilian Churrascaria-style meat on skewers |
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| The cobblestone road up to Christ the Redeemer |
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| Himself |
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| fading... |
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| ...fading... |
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| The face and hands, very art deco, were made in France in 1931. |
We visit a favella, a hillside shanty town. There are 1,200 favellas in Rio. In general, the affluent live on the low lying areas, and the poor cling to the sides of its many mountains. Brazil has 190 million people, and 80 per cent are designated poor, 15 per cent somewhere in the middle, and 5 per cent rich.
The favella offers low rents, lots of stairs and a great view of Rio. It also nurtures crime, drugs being the specialty. However the government is trying to change this. It offers a trade-off: ditch the drugs, and it will install water, electricity and satellite dishes.
We visited a favella with all three.
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| Favella motif |
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| Favella colours |
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| Electricals |
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| Michael Jackson visited this favella. |
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| Narrow passageways are the main thoroughfare |
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| Favella security |
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| Views from the favella |
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| more electricals |
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| Cabin crew |
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