Brazil Trip Report, Twenty-Four Sixty Minutes Menstruation 1: Rio De Janeiro, Jardim Botanico

Friday, December 28, 2018

Brazil Trip Report, Twenty-Four Sixty Minutes Menstruation 1: Rio De Janeiro, Jardim Botanico

We had a swell fourth dimension inward Brazil in addition to Argentine Republic on a opor-garai inward Apr 2012. I wanted to start on the South American tab earlier the yr ended... in addition to then hither goes...

This is a map of lovely Rio...pronounced heeyo inward Portuguese,,,

Day 1, Apr 9, 2012 :

We took the postulate United airlines flying from Houston, reached Rio past times ix am, went thru immigration.

Caught the plush aerodrome onibus 2018 in addition to reached Hotel Atlantis inward the famed Copacabana expanse earlier noon. With the hype online most the lawlessness inward Rio, it was a challenge to expect for a decent hotel inward a skillful locality. For US$200, it was a chip overpriced...in a tranquillity residentail street merely i block away from the famed beaches of Ipanema in addition to Copacabana

Had a repast of puris, dry out fruits, left the luggage at the reception for checkin subsequently iii PM. ... off on our Brazilian adventure....

We bought H2O from the supermercado Zona Sul merely reverse our hotel in addition to started off on our Rio adventure.

Jardim Botanico (Botanical Gardens), Rio:

We took motorbus 124 which dropped us correct at the entrance of Jardim Botanico, Rio. Just R$6/person-- R$ is reals the currency of Brazil, pronounced hay-ice inward Portuguese

Dom João VI, manlike mortal monarch of Portugal had moved alongside his royal identify unit of measurement to his colony inward Brazil inward 1800 fearing the onrush of Napoleon. He ready most making Rio dainty for his royal stay. , ordered the creation of this botanic garden inward 1808.

He got these palm trees planted from i Palma MATER (palm mother).

The royal identify unit of measurement had a monopoly on this palm species in addition to regularly burned the fruit of the tree equally they did non desire other gardens to bring this tree. However, enterprising slaves climbed the tree at night, cutting downwardly merely about of the fruit, in addition to sold it on the dark market. Soon the fruit of this unmarried palm tree created to a greater extent than violet trees all over Rio de Janeiro in addition to other parts of Brazil.

The rattling get-go Royal Palm lived over 140 years earlier beingness struck past times lightning inward 1972.

Today the top dog avenue into the Botanical Garden ... violet palms avenue... is lined on each side alongside many of these towering Royal Palm trees, merely about reaching over 125 feet inward height. Most of them are good over 100 years old.

The Botanical Garden is both a green in addition to a scientific laboratory. It's 54 hectares of natural, artistic in addition to historical beauty

It contains a huge collection of plants from all over the world, non exclusively tropical ones

There are to a greater extent than than 6500 species, merely about of them on the verge of extinction.

We had a swell picnic inward this jardim.

We were awestruck at the individuality of each tree. banker's complaint the roots of this one...these are buttress roots...

These are Giant H2O lilies: Victoria Amazonica...Stunningly large Vitoria Regia H2O lilies, of the constitute identify unit of measurement Nymphaeaceae, alongside rattling large light-green leaves that float on the water's surface.

The blossom weighs 25--45 kg. The legend goes:

An indian princess inward dearest alongside the Moon chased subsequently him every nighttime to give-up the ghost his play mate--a star. One night, she saw him inward the pond in addition to jumped correct in...the side past times side twenty-four hr current at that topographic point was a novel beautiful constitute alongside huge fragrant flowers that bloom exclusively inward the nighttime greeting the moon.

The Moon had made princess a star inward the pond!

This is the Japanese Garden alongside bonsai trees, cherry trees,bamboo groves, ponds alongside carp in addition to stones representing longevity.

Created inward 1935, during the take in of the Japanese Economic Mission, was reopened past times Princess Sayako, the immature adult woman of the Emperor of Nippon inward Nov 1995.

This is abricó-de-macaco (cannonball) tree alongside fruits hanging from trunk

The abricó-de-macaco (apricot for monkey ), native of the Amazon has rattling fragrant flowers in addition to circular fruits that hang inward clusters straight from the trunk. Its pulp is bluish color in addition to is gelatinous.

Although edible, due to the rattling rigid smell, it is exclusively appreciated past times animals.

Replica of an Amazon fisherman's thatched hut.

Here's a fish pond--it's skillful luck to expect at these carp fish.

This is Pau mulato tree--it's Fe wood, burns difficult in addition to deadening in addition to is used inward boilers.

Almost extinct now.

The bark is in addition to then smooth, fifty-fifty monkeys can't climb this tree. So it is also called monkey slide

Parrot nib heliconia:

Though these leaves resemble Indian banana tree, this does non belong to banana family. the body is a slim stem

Amazing to run across banana fruits coming upward inward these trees...

These are buttress (support) roots of andiruba tree--a tall pelting woods tree that grows upward to twoscore 1000 high.

It is inward the same identify unit of measurement equally mahogany, in addition to it has been called Brazilian mahogany...

This is Narcissus statue.

Here's Eco statue:

she tried to grab the attending of Narcissus, repeating whatever he said. Narcissus was obsessed alongside his ain skillful looks in addition to did non give attending to Eco. She vanished into sparse air when her efforts proved inward vain in addition to now exclusively her phonation is heard inward large spaces echoing people's words.

The no of lines/arcs on the tree body reverberate the tree's age--one for each year... supposed to move to a greater extent than than 200... nosotros did non count though.

ECO AND NARCISSUS again--statue past times mestre Valentim, the renowned sculptor, boy of a protuguese nobleman in addition to a slave girl.Rio is amount of masterpieces past times this famous sculptor.

Here are jaca fruits hanging from the tree trunk...

The Moraceae — frequently called the mulberry identify unit of measurement or fig family...

This is the Central fountain. "Fountain of the Muses": the 4 statues correspond poetry, music, fine art in addition to science...

This arch entrance has creepers from India...

Here's Xochipilli: god of art, games, beauty, dance, flowers, in addition to music inward Aztec mythology.

His refer contains the Nahuatl words xochitl ("flower") in addition to pilli (either "prince" or "child"), in addition to thus way "flower prince.

These are orchids:

they bring iii sepals, iii petals--one of which is the lip orchids are the most evolved constitute species. prized for their beauty, fragrance in addition to aphrodisiac properties.

Here are colorful Bromeliads... ornamental plants.

Music banker's complaint statue here...

Rain started pelting at 5pm in addition to nosotros called it a day

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covers an awesome twenty-four hr current alongside visits to Christ the Redeemer statue, Parque Lage in addition to Sugar Loaf Mountain