Ancient door

Ancient door of an ancient bank.

Ancient tractor Caterpillar

An old tractor Caterpillar exposed in front of the Rural College.

Night scene with hotel

Night scene in Recife, Boa Viagem Beach, with the Marante Plaza Hotel.

Traffic jam always

Recife has traffic jam all the time.

Night scene

Detail of ancient houses at night.

Small house & big building

Unfortunately, huge building crush the ancient houses.

Night scene

The most ancient neighborhood of Recife.

Buildings

Buildings and bakery in front of the beach.

Poles, wires

Night

Cycling in the night, ancient neighborhood of Recife.

Almost pyramid

A house almost a pyramid. Curious shape.

Cemetery

Sunday newspapers

River

More one pic of Capibaribe River in a bright day.

St Peter

Towers of Saint Peter Church viewed amongst wires and umbrellas.

Jaguar and dog

Countryside landscape. Jaguar Dam and, in background, the Rock Dog.

Yellow church

A yellow church in the countryside of Pernambuco, Brazil.

Blue church

Another small church in the countryside of Pernambuco, Brazil.

Fullness Church

A very small church in the countryside of Pernambuco, Brazil.

Night

Night view with cyclists in Recife.

Countryside

House in the countryside of Pernambuco, Brazil.

Saturday means beach

Saturday - and Sunday, of course - means beach in Recife.

Skyscraper

Blue day, sun, coconut tree and skyscraper.

Small

Small and colorful houses in Olinda.

Nude

Naked angel in Carmo Courtyard.

Teresa

St. Teresa of Avila Church in the Carmo Courtyard, downtown.

General view

I come early to my work almost always. Today, the city was bright and blue.

Tower

Tower of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and imperial palm. The first imperial palm (roystonea oleracea) in Brazil was planted in 1809 by the Prince Regent John VI in Rio de Janeiro. Today, all the imperial palm in Brazil are descendants of the first planted.

Igarassu Building

This is the Igarassu Building view from inside the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Here is an interesting place of Recife, Carmo Courtyard surrounded by Carmo Convent and St. Teresa of Avila Church. See more in the Google Earth image below.

Tacaruna

Tacaruna was a factory, today just an abandoned building.

A college

A small college in Olinda.

A vendor

A vendor of popcorn and coconut juice in Olinda. He was talking about a bike ride he did.

Suburbs

Recife is full of contrasts. Few people are rich and many people are poor & very poor. Poor people live in small houses in the suburbs. This picture: small colorful houses.

A corner

A corner in Recife, an ancient house. This house is a bakery.

Coconut trees

Brazil did not have coconut trees when it was colonized by Portugal in 1500. The Portuguese navigators brought coconuts to Brazil from India. Then, today the brazilian coast is full of coconut trees. Picture by Mateus Mendes, my son.

Seahorse's house

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Blue house, poor house, but a house with seahorses in the wall.

Blue building

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This blue building is a hotel in the most famous beach of Recife: Boa Viagem Beach.

A long beach

A long beach called Gaibu, near Recife (about 25km).

1938

Fisher Museum. It's a very small museum. Actually, I don't know what there is in this museum, it was closed.

Spider Man - Carnival

Spider Man in Olinda, Carnival.

Walking dead Carnival

Fantasies, Olinda, Carnival.

Carnival fantasies

Fantasies in Olinda, Carnival. Photo by Elis Mendes, my daughter.

Dog in Carnival

A dog in Carnival, Olinda, photo by Elis Mendes, my daughter.

Carnival

This photo was taken by Moacyr Lopes Júnior, newspaper Folha de São Paulo. This picture shows the Carnival in Recife, Saturday.

Souvenirs

A souvenir shop for tourists in a beach of Cabo de Santo Agostinho (Recife Metropolitan Area).

Carnival is coming - the giant cock

In Saturday, there is a carnival block called Cock of Dawn ("Galo da Madrugada" in Portuguese). Million people have fun in the Cock of Dawn parade. City Hall puts a giant cock in a bridge in downtown to celebrate the parade and Carnival.

It sells everything

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A small cart that sells everything door to door.