Salvador (2)

My hotel (room first floor on the left in the yellow building)

Breakfast



San Francisco Church and Convent





Historic interest?



Sra do Carmo Church



Largo do Pelourinho



Medical School



Street scenes

Salvador

Streets in the Pelourinho historic centre of Salvador Bahia

The famous Elevador Lacerda links the Pelourinho and the Cidade Alta to the Cidade Baixa

A lot of the lower town is decrepit

Capoeira: a kind of martial arts / dance, banned by slave owners and now used to keep kids out of trouble and entertain tourists





Lighthouse and beach at Barra

The sunset is a big event - unusual to see the sunset reflected in the ocean in Brazil

Avenida Paulista, São Paulo

Beautiful July day (equivalent of January in the Northern hemisphere) to walk on Avenida Paulista, closed to traffic on Sundays.



MASP art museum:



Samba and buskers



Biking



Architecture

Couples. (And 26C - not bad for a winter day).

Hyland Park (2)

Return to Hyland Park early one morning

Toad


Turtle basking out in the lake


Wood Duck


Tree Swallows


Coyote


Hooded Mergansers


Mallards


Coypu


Chipmunk


Deer