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View from our hotel, Windsor Leme, looking to the south down Copacabana Beach.

The four of us on the way to the top of Sugar Loaf.

Joyce admiring an artistc feature in Rio.

Joyce and Kenn with the statue of Christ the Redeemer.

Sylvia and Jerry at overlook to Sugar Loaf.

A view of Rio's beaches from Sugar Loaf.

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Sugarloaf Mountain is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. Rising 396 m above the harbor. We rode the cable car to the peak.

Lots of things to look at in Rio.

Blooming orchids in a park in Rio de Janeiro.

This Santa Teresa museum was the former residence of businessman Chácara do Céu. Castro Maya inherited the house in 1936, and later it was demolished, rebuilt, and refurbished to modern architecture, with serene gardens and stunning views of Rio de Janeiro.

São Bento Monastery. The Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat in Rio de Janeiro. The abbey was founded by Benedictine monks who came from the state of Bahia in 1590. It is still operational today,

Our guide, driver and the Mercedes van that was used to ferry the four of us around Rio, Iguazu and Buenos Aires. Raquel Cerkes, our guide, was outstanding. She was determined that older folks deserved to be at the very head of every line in which we had to stand.

The Museum of Tomorrow/Museu do Amanha in Rio is a new kind of Science museum. Here you are invited to examine the past, understand today's global trends and envision possible scenarios for the next 50 years.