view from garden at farmhouseThis is a view from the garden of my friends farmhouse.Check out the length of that garden seat!....they don't sell them in B+Q!
Coffee farm churchIn times past the coffee farms were self-sufficent little villages with school, church etc. This is a cool looking church in a village that has since been abandoned
Eat till you burst!!This is one of the massive meals I have become accustomed to, this particular one is a traditonal Brazilian dish,called Feichoada, and is basically black beans with a whole lot of stuff thrown in!...tastes good though
The FogMe lost in a forest of Eucalyptus trees while the fog is closing in!...they grow tonnes of Eucalyptus here for the paper industry
Guinness is Good for youwe went to a bird sanctuary which was like entering a hitchcock film in some parts!....interestingly though, there is a mating enclosure were the birds are put in pairs into small cages, and the owner plays classical music to them all day long over a loudspeaker(he must think it improves productivity!)
Volcanic CraterTricky to see but if you look very far into the distance you'll see the outline of some mountains, which are actually the outline of an old volcanic crater that circles the entire city below(30km diameter)...the pic doesn't do it justice
Views of RioTaken from the Botanical Gardens, you can see the Christ Statue(the second largest statue in the world) in the distance
Monkey BusinessWe went to this park in Rio, where back in the 1930's this rich fella had built a really fancy house and gardens, with fancy garden features made of concrete(it does look quite impressive), however is wife wasn't satisfied and ran of to Italy with some Italian fella.....women!, never happy, no matter how hard you try!
AntsSome ants carrying bits of leaves(there were hundreds of them, all in a long line
My friends house in the country Heres a nice pic from the garden of my friends family farmhouse...see how long that garden bench is!, they don't sell those in B+Q
Spike the Great
Paul Moore
My friends house in the country
Heres a nice pic from the garden of my friends family farmhouse...see how long that garden bench is!, they don't sell those in B+Q