These pics were taken during a Forumers meeting that took place at August 2nd 2008 , at Rio´s Downtown.
Forumers present: Luis_RiodeJaneiro , zeh, Vini2 and JorgeM.
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We met at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, next to Candelária Church:
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Then we went to Hotel Guanabara :
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6- To get to the Hotel we crossed Av. Pres. Vargas, one of the main avenues at Rio´s downtown:
7- At the Hotel´s corner a beautiful view of "Manhattan Tower Building",
which I think one of the most beautiful in Rio:
8- At Hotel Guanabara, we asked permission to climb to the top floor,
from where the views are awesome:
9- Candelária Church from above:
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11- Ave. President Vargas:
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13- In the background we can see Ventura Towers, under construction:
14- Ave. Pres. vargas / Ave. Rio Branco :
15- Ave.Rio Branco , with RB1 Building in background:
16- Ave.Rio Branco:
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18- Ave. Rio Branco , in the direction of Sugar Loaf:
19- Manhattan Tower Building:
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21- Another Building that underwent a retrofit:
22- Candelária ,Guanabara Bay and another city, Niterói on the other side:
23- Rio-Niterói Bridge reflecting at RB1 :
24- Far away we can see " Pico Dedo de Deus" ( God´s finger pick ) at the city of Teresópolis, about 50 miles away !
25- Then, we walked all Ave. Rio Branco till its end:
26- We crossed this walkway over Flamengo Park to get to Modern Art Museum ( MAM ):
27- MAM:
28- a bird:
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30- Sugar Loaf from MAM:
31- MAM ´s Gardens . Note the grass waves !:
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34- Corcovado Mountain and World War II Monument:
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37- Sugar Loaf:
38-Pompey´s Ruins ????!!
39- Night skyline :
40- Another walkway :
41- Flamengo park from the walkway:
42- Walkway:
43- Forumers at the end of walkway:
44- Santa Luzia Street - Old road from Ancient Rio:
45- A Government Building where my father worked...
46- Ave. Presidente Antonio Carlos :
47- Almirante tower:
48- Ave.Pres. Antonio Carlos :
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50- Paço Imperial , from the 1700´s, first Royal Family´s home :
51- Old Cathedral , recently restaured:
52- And we reached our final point, CCBB, exausted, but happy,
and rested a while under this beautiful vault:
53- Then we went out again, passing past Candelaria Church at night,
and went to a Cafeteria to restaure ourselves !!:
Hope you have enjoyed that walk around Rio´s Downtown,
and, whenever you can have a Forumers meeting, don´t lose it!
That´s very enjoyable and a friendship maker !
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