Monday, our stop was the city of Recife which is the capital of the Pernambuco, It is known as the "Brazilian Venice" because of its numerous waterways and bridges. The name means "Reef" in Portuguese. Recife has a population of 1.6 million and the greater Recife area has 4.3 million. There are sandstone reefs the protect the harbor. Recife was founded in. Our excursion was "Recife & Historic Olinda"
Olinda was the original capital of the state and was founded in 1553 by the Portuguese. It's early economy was based on sugarcane production. In 1630 the Dutch captured the city and held it until 1654.. It's decline lead to the rise of Recife. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982. Olinda means “Oh Beautiful”
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| Got the moon in this one |
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| Color changing to yellow. |
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| Sun getting close to breaking through |
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| Just a tiny bit showing |
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| It’s up. |
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| Recife on the horizon |
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| passing bthe first breakwater |
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| A tug to assist iof necessary |
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| The harbor entrance. We will back in to the pier to make leaving late tonight easier |
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| The reef sandstone to the left makes a natural breakwater |
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| Where we will dock |
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| A little local entertainment as we passed through the terminal. |
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| Sights on the way to the way to the town of Olinda |
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| Our first stop was the Convent of San Francisco |
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| Church of Our Lady of Grace |
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| The ceiling |
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| Outside there was a viewpoint over the city |
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Then on to the Olinda Cathedral |
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| Another viewopoint |
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| Our ship in the harbor |
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| A type of falcon called a Crested Caracara. |
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| Trying to stay in the shade. It was very hot. |
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| Cobblestone streets |
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| Yellow coconuts |
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| A guava tree |
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| An old observatory |
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| Back down from the hill Olinda sits on to the city of Recife again |
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| Back on the larger double decker bus |
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| This is smaller 16 passenger van we went up into Olinda in |
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| Mang bridges in the city |
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| Pernambuco Court of Justice |
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Santa Isabel Theater |
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Capela Dourad Cayjolic church |
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| Capela Dopurad (Golden Chapel)This room contains 22 caret gold on the walls |
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| Then we went to an old prison which has been converted into a Market Place |
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| Then back to the port and our ship |
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| The lighthouse in on the sandstone reef |
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| Sunset approaches but a silo is blocking me view |
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| I moved to the very back corner of the outside deck and was able to see the sun |
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| We are scheduled to sail at 11PM. These are the last few passengers returning at all-aboard time of 10:30PM |
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| Lights of the city |
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| Where we were docked |
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| Our tug that accompanied us out |
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| Harbor pilot leaving our ship |
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| Good nioght and good bye Recife |
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