A view of Jesus from Botafogo beach.
The Sugar Loaf from Botafogo beach.
View from the top of the Botafogo Mall.
Copacabana beach
Maracana - the soccer stadium!
Lots of people going to support Flamengo, one of the local teams
The rowdiest fans sit up top
As you can tell, the colors are red and black
Look I am at the game!
With my new pals, Obi and Greg from St Louis.
Then they broke out the GIANT FLAGS
meet our team
more and more fans
I took some movies of the soccer game (below) with my camera. Turn down the sound on your computer, they are loud.
A shot of the crowd, zoomed out.
A shot of the crowd, zoomed IN.
The crowd after we score!
The crowd near where I sat, after we score.
now we are fans too, sporting our new shirts
This old dude juggled the ball up and then down the whole sideline
Chris and I went to the botanical garden.
The neat fountain in the middle
This tree is just like an african Silk Cotton, but it's native to Brazil