Wrapping it Up

Here we have the Cuidad de Samba, where they are building floats and costumes for Carnival 2011! You can see the prototypes in miniature and then a costume. The floats are gigantic.

Buildings of Rio Centro. The one with the gold is inside a beautiful church. The downtown is an interesting mixure of old, colonial buildings, and new structures, with Dallas Texas style fully glass exteriors.

I post these sitting at home after 24 hours of travel -- 14 hours in the air. It was a great trip, but not entirely as expected. Rio is a modern city and it is easy to see why Brazil is expected to be a fully industrialized nation soon.

Over and out from the weary travellers, Cyndi and Judy.