Black and White Copacabana Beach
The locals are known as Cariocas and spend their time relaxing on the Copacabana Beach.
The locals are known as Cariocas and spend their time relaxing on the Copacabana Beach.
Traditionally, this was the best hotel in the whole of Rio – The Copacabana Beach Hotel.
The local people in Rio are known as Cariocas. When the sun shines, they throng on beaches such as Ipanema and Copacabana. This shot is of the latter. More black and white photography from Rio can be found here
Christmas Eve 2005 I went in a taxi to Sugar Loaf Mountain. In reality this means arriving at the rock in front of Sugar Loaf and taking a cable car up to Sugar Loaf itself. Unfortunately the cable car was shut. Nevertheless, a herd of local taxi drivers were waiting nearby. After some careful negotiations, […]
The cable car at Sugar Loaf Mountain, Rio De Janeiro is in two parts. Urca is the first stop on the trip up. The route bends slightly to the left before the main climb to the top of sugar loaf.