Buildings stacked

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Recife is a big and chaotic city, although many streets are calms and tree-lined. But the buildings grow suddenly everywhere, stacked. It is a city of contradictions.

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Apipucos

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This is a dam in Recife. Its name is Apipucos Dam. In Tupi (a language of brazilian indians) Apipucos means crossroads. It is a very beautiful place in the town.

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Red flowers

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This is a little square in my path. It is a place of peace in the midst of heavy traffic.

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Rex Hotel

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Rex Hotel, a hotel in downtown, Recife.

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Posters

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The poles are used, in Recife, for pasting publicity posters. In this pole, there is a poster of Veronica: she reads cards, tarot and whelks. It´s a farse for fools. The other poster advertises a course of repairing cell phones.

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Tiles and volutes

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This is an ancient facade very destroyed, in downtown. Although the poor preservation, you can see how the facade were decorated and elaborated with tiles and volutes.

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Market

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The facade of Boa Vista Market. The building was built in the early XIX century to be a slaves market. Nowadays, there are stores selling cereals, fruits, greens, vegetables, fishes, and bars with food and drinks.

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More windows of Recife

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In downtown, Recife has many ancient buildings with pretty windows. These windows in the picture were made in neogothic style.

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Mind the gap

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The town in pieces. View of dome of the parliament of Pernambuco state.

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Ancient window

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Ancient and pretty window in downtown. Picking poetry amongst chaos. Almost an geometric composition.

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Odeio o Recife e as pessoas do Recife e a burrice incrustada

nas pessoas do Recife, como a pele, como a craca

que nos cobre.

Passei na rua da União e chutei o busto de Manuel Bandeira.

(Quem mandou morrer?)

E encontrei essa janela.

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Surf, Sun, Sunday

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Surfers in Maracaípe Beach, Sunday, blue, sun, almost paradise.

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Courtyard

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This is the courtyard of the Saint Peter's Church in downtown of Recife. The courtyard and the church forms a very beautiful and rich architectonic group. There is an inscription above the church's door indicating the construction began in May, 3, 1728.

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Lost Church

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A church almost not realized in one of the busiest avenues in the city. Presbyterian Church of Boa Vista.
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Ki-grampão

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Hair clips. I love these hair clip packages. The whole design is naif, ingenuous. The name of the product is something like "what a big clip!" in a very coloquial use of portuguese, and the woman has a clip in her finger. Very funny I think. the packaging also states that the clips have protective bubble in the tips.
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Contemporary art

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This is the Santander Cultural in the most ancient neighborhood of Recife. The poster shows a picture of Paulo Meira. There is an exposition of his artworks there. In this photo, I liked the mix among ancient building, modern building and contemporary art in poster.

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Kart

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This is a karting indoor circuit where my friends and I dispute races sometimes. I went there today and a race was to begin.

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Church of Our Lady of Health

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This is the Church of Our Lady of Health in the neighborhood Poço da Panela (means "pit of the pan). This neighborhood is one of the most ancient and best preserved in Recife.

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Waterfall rappeling in Bonito, Pernambuco, Brazil

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This weekend I travelled by bicycle to Bonito, a countryside town in the Agreste region of Pernambuco, around 140km from Recife. Agreste is a narrow zone of transition between the coastal forest and the semiarid backland that we call Sertão.

Bonito means beautiful, that was the way hunters exploring the forests around the hamlet of São José dos Bezerros named the area after seeing it's streams of clean translucent water.

There are many waterfalls in Bonito, this one is called Véu da Noiva, that means Bridal Veil. Both Bonito and Bridal Veil are somewhat common names for towns and waterfalls respectively in Brazil.

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Spider Man in Olinda Carnival

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Spider Man jumped over the car in Olinda Carnival.

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Maracatu

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A Maracatu, afro-brazilian dance and rythm, by the streets of Olinda.

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Death in Carnival

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The Carnival is over, but I think some pictures or fantasies are very curious and interesting, like this, the death by the streets.

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Ponte do Imperador

Ponte do Imperador num dia comum no Recife

"Emperor's Bridge", an usual day in Recife

Olinda Carnival Tuesday

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Dolls of vultures in Carnival Olinda, Tuesday.

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Olinda Carnival Monday

Some picutres of Carnival in Olinda, Monday.

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Mr. Obama in Olinda Carnival.

Musicians.

A coffin with cold beers inside.

A picture of the picture. A monkey.

Mr. Castro in Olinda Carnival.

A big snake.

A musician.

Famtasies.

The kiss of Misericordy Hill.

Hellraiser.

Olinda Carnival Sunday

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Some pictures of Sunday Carnival in Olinda.

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Olinda Carnival Saturday

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Some picutres of Saturday, Carnival in Olinda. Fantasies, masks, heads, musicians, bands, giant dolls.

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