Our second day in Rio de Janeiro. Our excursion today was 'Tijuca Rain Forest by 4 Wheel Drive". We were in 3 vehicles with 8 in each one. Tijuca National Park is the largest urban national park in the world. It is part of the Atlantic Forest Biosphere Preserve and was created in 1961. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is 9,780 acres large. More than 239 species of animals and birds live in the park.
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| Some photos of around the harbor in the early morning light |
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| The Science Museum nera us. |
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| Corcovada still in the haze but can see the top. |
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| First color of the sunrise |
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| Magnificent Frigatebird overhead |
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| Actually, a bunch of frigatebirds |
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| The Rio Star ferris wheel. |
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| Now i can see the Christ the Redeemer statue atop Corcovado |
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| Trucks with supplies lined up on the pier |
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| Starting out of our 4 wheel drive drive to the Tijuco National park rainforest. |
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| A statue of Pele infront pf the Maracana Stadium used for the Olympics for football and opening and closing ceremonies. |
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| An Avocado tree with fruit |
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| A Golf Mohar tree in bloom. |
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| Entering the Tijuca National Park |
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| The Tijuca waterfalls |
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| A banana plant just getting started producing fruit. |
ASlaty-breasted Wood
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| The vehicle we were in. |
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| An old church |
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| Mazapan |
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| Jackfruit |
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| Atall 100+ year old palm tree |
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| A big spider ( don't have an app that identifies spiders so don't know what type is is) |
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| A Banana Slug |
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| Mazapan |
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| A very small bee nest |
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| A favela |
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| I saw movement o a branch then a patch of orange. |
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| It was a Toucan |
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| It flew to another tree |
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| We travelled through several tunnels on way back to the ship |
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| The SambaDome where Rio Carnival samba parade passes |
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| The Candelária Catholic church |
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| A Ruddy Ground Dove |
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| I came across a bunch of Swallowtail Hummingbirds near the cruise terminal |
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| A stop for a Brazilian beer |
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| Back to the ship |
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| Some photos of scenes around the ship as evening approaches |
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| the las line being relesed |
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| We are off to our next stop. |
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| The Rio Star ferris wheel had images displayed on its side |
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| The over the water end of the Science Museum. |
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| The Rio-Niterol Bridge over Guanabara Bay |
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| Good-bye Rio de Janeiro |
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