NITEROI NITE A WHAT

NITEROI IS A CITY JUST EAST OF RIO DE JANEIRO. YOU CAN TAKE A FERRY ACROSS THE GUANABARA BAY OR RIDE ACROSS THE RIO-NITEROI BRIDGE. IT'S JUST UNDER 8.5 MILES LONG. I TOOK THE FERRY ACROSS. AND FOR KICKS I TOOK IT DURING RUSH HOUR! IT'S A QUICK TEN MINUTE RIDE BUT PROVIDES HORIZON LINE VIEWS OF BOTH RIO AND NITEROI. ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BAY THERE IS FISCAL ISLAND/ILHA FISCAL. IT'S A TINY LIL ISLANT WITH A LAVISH ORNATE CASTLE LIKE BUILDING. MY BUDDY TOLD ME THAT ONCE IT WAS COMPLETE THE LAST/THIRD KING IN RIO SUMMONED A BALL AND THE NEXT DAY THE KINGDOM WAS TOPPLED BY SOME OF THE BALL'S GUESTS. ONCE IN NITEROI I EXPLORED THE OUTDOOR MARKETS. THE ACCENT IS REALLY DIFFERENT IN RIO/NITEROI. MORE RASPY, MORE ELONGATED WORDS. I WAS TOLD TO TRY THE SITE SPECIFIC MINEIRINHO SODA. IT'S ONLY FROM NITEROI AND CATCHING ON IN THE NEIGHBORING STATES. IT'S NOT REALLY COKE BUT RESEMBLES IT IN COLOR AND IT'S NOT AS BUBBLY. IT'S A GUARANA SODA. SWEET AND IT GETS YOU HYPE.

BOTANICAL GARDENS

ON MY LAST DAY IN RIO I VISTED THE 204 YEAR OLD BOTANICAL GARDEN OF RIO DE JANEIRO. IT WAS STARTED BY KING JOAO VI IN 1808. THE KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL MOVED TO RIO TO AVOID THE SIEGE OF NAPOLEAN AND THEREFORE NOT LOSING. ANYWAYS LONG STORY SHORT THE KING NEEDED SOME LUXURY AND BEAUTY IN HIS NEW SWEATY HOME OF RIO. SO THEN THE BOTANICAL GARDEN BEGAN.

I DID SEE JESUS

I HAD TO DO ONE TOURISTIC THING. THE VIEW OF RIO FROM THE TOP IS INCREDIBLE. THERE ARE A FEW WAYS UP TO JESUS. WE TOOK A SMALL TRAIN. THE POPE TOOK THE TRAIN, SO THE CHOICE WAS OBVIOUS.

PHONE SEX OR SEX PHONE

SOME PAY PHONES IN RIO PROVIDED INFORMATION FOR FUN. I GUESS I DIDN'T HAVE ANY FUN.

ACAI, CANDY, COCONUT, VEGGIES OH MY!

IN RIO I ATE VERY WELL!

OH! RiO

100 YEAR OLD RESTAURANT, FRIENDS, UNPASTEURIZED BEER KNOWN AS CHOPP, AMAZING FOOD(FRIED SARDINES!) AND SERVICE = OH! RiO

MY SALARY IS THIS BIG, E O SALARIO, O!

TWO TEAMS THAT NOTORIOUSLY DISLIKE EACH OTHER PLAYED TODAY. AS THE FIRST GOAL WAS MADE THE EXCITED PLAYER ALMOST PINCHED HIS TWO FINGERS TOGETHER AND RAN AROUND IN HIS CELEBRATORY GLOW THRUSTING HIS FIST IN THE AIR. THE CROWD WENT WILD. THIS GESTURE IS A REFERENCE TO CHICO ANYSIO, A BELOVED COMEDIAN/HUMORIST THAT RECENTLY DIED. CHICO WOULD DO THE SAME HAND MOTION IN A SKIT REFERRING TO HIS SMALL INCOME.