Sunday, our stop was at the city of Maceio (pronounced may-see-ow) which is in the state of Alagoas
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| Early morning first light |
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| A bit of pink showing on the clouds |
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| Early morning light shining in th Lido pool area |
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| The Maceio skyline as we approach |
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| Small boats out to watch us come in to port |
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| A tug standing by if needed. |
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| Our excursion today |
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| Near the port entrance |
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| The Commercial Association of Maceio building |
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| a pretty building |
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| Interesting wall art |
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| An industrial pier |
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| The main football (soccer) statium |
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| It was named for Brazilian start Pele (Translates to King Pele Statium) |
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| Yhe run all kinds of wires here and we were told many of them don't work any more but they stay up |
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| The Metropolitan Cathedral of Maceió is the main Catholic temple in the Alagoan capital. |
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| Emperor Dom Petro II |
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| The Sunday service was just letting out when we got there. We were allowed in as the people exited the church |
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| The church was very crowded. I believe there were groups from other parishes being there for some reason |
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| Now of to see some sights of the city. We stopped at a park on a hill that looked out over the city and the bay where of ship was |
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| Venders were there |
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| WE could b\see our ship |
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| Drawings of m y of the cities most important people on the walls |
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| There is even a Sams Club here |
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| We drove by several of the most popular breaches |
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| Our last stop before returning to the ship was a market |
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| Sights on the wat back to the ship |
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| A new cruise terminal is beinf built |
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| Once back on the ship, we saw dolphins in the water next to the ship |
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| A jellyfish in the water |
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| Workers on the pier getting ready to let loose the lines |
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| The were not allowed to use the thrusters to push away from the pier because of the dolphins so 2 tugs pulled us away |
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| Sunset getting close |
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| Sailing away |
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| The sun just about to disappear |
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