Florianopolis to Rio with a few stops in between

Can you see Christ the Redeemer?? He may be 30m high, but he looks tiny from Sugarloaf.


View of Copacabana from Pão de Açucar.


It's rabbit...no, it's rat...no, it's the world's largest rodent, the capibara, running free in a downtown park in Rio. Apparently this is just a little guy, they grow up to the size of a small dog.


Super sweet library we happened to encounter.


Where am I? Blumenau! (Brazil, not Germany)


Oktoberfest!


Practicing capoeira at Barra Funda near Florianopolis.


Mike with a Jaca tree, tasty, but bizarre giant fruits.