Archive for the ‘Brazil’ Category

Iguazu Falls

275 falls - 2.7 kilometers long - 82 meters high  - average annual flow rate of 1746 m³/s

Brazilian side
Argentinian side

ITAIPU dam - the largest operational hydroelectric power plant in the world

March 28, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Argentina, Brazil  No Comments

Brazil - Summary

Will there be a life without Açaí ever again?!

The view over Rio de Janeiro from Niterói
Maracanã - the world’s biggest football stadium

Ilha Grande
Trindade

Reggae concert with “Groundation”…
…in São Paulo

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March 24, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Brazil  No Comments

Rock climbing in Rio de Janeiro

Since Huaraz (Peru), after exactly 7 months and 19 days, I am back on ROCK!

Bouldering along the Pista Claudio Coutinho at the foot of famous Pão de Açúcar (”Sugar Loaf Mountain”)

And some easy “warm up” climbing: 46 °C during the hottest days Rio had seen in over 50 years…

@ Opposite Urca - Babilônia wall behind [...]

March 10, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Brazil  2 Comments

Carnaval en Rrrrrio de Janeiro

Well, I guess…
Since I have passed my final exam (Aconcagua)…
It is time for some serious PARTY!

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February 18, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Brazil  No Comments