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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ~ 里約熱內盧,巴西

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Here is a recap of my week in Rio de Janeiro! I have never been to South America so I was looking forward to the trip. I must admit that I know nothing about Brazil except that it houses one of the world’s seven wonders and is the hosting city for the 2016 Olympic summer game. Lucky that I have families there so I wasn’t worry at all. However, I did some research days before I board my flight so I sort of know about attractions to see, things to do, must-eat foods, and where to shop (very important). Though I found out that I missed their fashion week by just days! Awwww~~~what a bummer :/

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I am very grateful that my cousins took a timeout from work and took me all over Rio! Without them I wouldn’t have survived since I had difficulties communicating using English. Portuguese is the official language though you maybe able to get around by speaking Japanese, which helped me on several occasions! Other than that, people were very friendly!

I went to see what people consider musts – the statue of Christ The Redeemer, Pão De Açúcar, Sugar Loaf Cable Car, Jardim Botanico, the world famous beaches Copacabana, Leblon (I didn’t make it to Ipanema) and etc. However, spending my whole vacation by visiting attractions is never my thing so I asked my cousins to mix it up a bit. So they took me to ferias – markets/flea markets and etc. I love it! I had a great time hunting for antiques at the Feira do Rio Antigo – I bought many silver wares here. Their wholesale markets for leather handbags and crystals were awesome! I also bought some lovely jewelry from local jewelers. I also score some imported cookbooks from Livraria Cultura – a pooch friendly chain bookstore.

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As for the food, churrasco – Brazilian barbeque beef was fantastic!! Now, I am on a hunt for a good churrascaria within the San Francisco Bay Area. I did notice that sushi was abundance but the selections were very limited. Seafood was super and cheap. I love picking up a água-de-coco (young coconut juice) off street vendors, cheap and good. I also came to like the matte leão tea, a very popular sweet herbal tea.

Over all, it was uneventful except that I couldn’t stand the heat and that I got sick from food poisoning. Best of all, I got to catch up with families that I haven’t seen in years.

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阿Vi不久前從里約熱內盧回來﹐在這之前南美及這個城市對我來說是陌生的﹐縱然我有親人定居在那裡多年。往里約熱內盧前﹐我只知道它將是2016年夏天Olympic的主辦城市和擁有世界七大奇觀的地方。不免俗的飛之前上網做了一些調查好讓自己知道有那些是必須要去看的﹐玩的﹐吃的和最重要是往那裡血拼。

葡文是巴西的主要語言﹐而大部份的人英文不靈光。不得不說一件有趣的事情﹐我碰到不少會說日文的巴西人﹐因為這樣打救了日文還可以的我多次呢﹗當然有葡文很溜的表妹陪我趴趴走﹐作我的導游是我玩得盡興的主要原因。表妹﹐謝謝你呀﹗

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里約熱內盧的葡萄牙文是Rio de Janeiro(簡稱Rio ~ 里約),即一月的河。是巴西第二大的都市,也是它的前首都。林蔭茂密﹐依山傍海,風景非常的優美,是世界級的著名的旅遊觀光勝地。不過它也是一個貧富差距對比鮮明的城市。上流社會主要是分佈在近海灘的地方主要在Copacabana ﹐ Ipanema ﹐及Leblon等。而貧民區- favela多位在擁擠的山坡上。它的海灘舉世聞名,其海岸線長達數公里,其中最有名的兩個海灘是Copacabana海灘和Ipanema海灘﹐可惜因為時間的關係﹐我只去了前者。海灘很美﹐沙又細又白﹐咖啡雅座翩布整個海灘﹐不玩水的可以邊喝椰汁邊坐著吹海風。

除了沙灘我還往科爾科瓦多山及麵包山朝聖。科爾科瓦多山又稱耶穌山﹐2007年入選為世界新七大奇觀,山頂塑有一座兩臂展開、形同十字架的耶穌像,他的基地同時也是個能容納百人的天主教堂。山上有個平台可以俯瞰整個里約城,也可以看到對山的麵包山,海灣景色一覽無遺十分美麗壯觀。而另一個里約的象徵就是麵包山囉。山的形狀似法式麵包而得名,登上山頂可將里約全景盡收眼底。要上山非搭纜車才行﹐有畏高症的你可能就不行了。除了這些聞名天下的名勝﹐我還往國家熱帶植物園跑呢﹗不過我不願只當個觀光客﹐所以請求親戚帶我上市場感受一下當地的地方特色、風土人情。也往以販賣古董為主的市集逛﹐我買到很多好東西喔! 手袋飾品批發市場也很讚。啊。。還有家連鎖書店 - Livraria Cultura -可以帶狗去外﹐外文書很多﹐我抬了好幾本法文烹飪書回來﹐當然也有葡文的﹐整個買的很盡興的說 =)

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這趟巴西之旅吃到好好吃的烤肉 - 巴西窯烤。用巨大的烤劍串著不同部位的牛肉﹐再架在火上直接烤熟﹐想吃什麼就叫侍應切給你﹐也有的店是侍應拿著肉串走到客人眼前。整個香到不行(這刻我是很努力的在克制口水淌下)﹗ 聽說灣區也有巴西窯烤﹐找天得拉朋友去吃。我也常吃海鮮﹐便宜又鮮美。壽司好像很普偏﹐不過是fusion的﹐還可以而已。

當然最開心的是看到好久不見的阿姨一家﹐真的很謝謝他們的款待﹐讓我這個南美之旅很難忘﹗2016巴西見﹗

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國家熱帶植物園
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Some of the things I bought on my trip~
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11 comments:

  1. Hi! I just happened to come across your blog through http://overlookingmississippi.blogspot.com. Your pictures are AMAZING!!!! I don't think I have seen such vibrant color in pictures before! Can I ask what camera/lens you use to shoot your pics?

    Keep up the great job! You truly have an amazing talent to capture the moment through pictures!!

    --Tisha

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  2. Vi, 謝謝您分享這個巴西之旅!
    從你的相片也感受到她的熱情, 色彩很豐富呢!
    特別是耶穌山像下面的幾張雜貨相片, 很吸引我呢!

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  3. 未曾到過巴西,但從你旅程中,看到這地方的美及熱情,也感受到你的滿足呀!!
    在這裡真的要有個懂得當地語言的响導,你表妹好叻.

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  4. amazing pictures!

    請問相片邊框是用哪個軟件造的?

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  5. 關注了很久,看到能擠進前五,趕緊第一次留言:)南美還沒去過,但是Vi的照片讓我對那裡心生嚮往哩~從這裡學到很多東東,希望阿Vi以後繼續做超美的甜點,激發我的學習動力哦!p.s想在我的blog作個鏈接到這裡不知道可不可以?謝咯^^

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  6. Tisha – hello and welcome! Thank you for your comment! I shoot with a Nikon D40 and a Nikkor 50mm 1.4d prime lens~

    小婦人 - 巴西真係一個非常有特色既地方﹐不妨選擇佢為下一次渡假既目的地。

    yy - 係呀﹐好彩有表妹。咁大個女第一次感受到有口難言@~@”

    Anonymous – thank you! 我冇用到任何軟件﹐相片邊框係blogger本身o架 ~

    lovedance - 當然可以鏈接囉﹗你及其他熱情的格友的留言也是我繼續努力下去的動力喔!

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  7. vi, 你影 d 相仲靚過市面 d 旅遊書, 真係好吸引!

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  8. pics are simply amazing. thanks for shairing
    grow taller

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  9. 啊VI去了巴西啊,我有个很好的好朋友是巴西妹妹,长得很甜美的拉丁黑发女人,结婚很早现在3个孩子妈妈啦。老公是摩门,去传教时认识的。过节期间我们两家常在一起吃饭,也就认识好多住在美国巴西人,他们之中真的挺多日本人后裔的,这个二战后一些移民巴西的日本人有关吧。不过我认识的日本后裔几乎已经不会讲日文了,倒是流利的葡语,和不灵光的英文:)。我把你的图片链接发给我的好朋友看了,她好激动的,她也很久没有回巴西啦~~老听她说巴西,这次总算看了一会:)

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  10. This a really beautiful photo essay of Rio! Makes me wanna go there right now.

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  11. margaret-Twn ,

    只是想上網找一下Sorbert 作法而已, 就一下子逛到巴西去了 ! Vi, 你的部落格很吸引人 , keep going for me can stop to find something new.哈哈 !

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