Um olhar sobre o Rio de Janeiro
Autor: Thaís Rosa Pinheiro | Publicado: 2012-11-05T06:44:00-08:00

Another look at Rio de Janeiro.

O turismo na cidade do Rio de Janeiro vem crescendo a cada dia. E saber a impressão que os turistas tem da cidade é&nbsp;um objetivo do Conectando&nbsp;Territórios.
Através&nbsp;de um olhar estrangeiro passamos a nos conectar e aprender&nbsp;mais um pouco sobre nossa identidade.
Zara&nbsp;é&nbsp;Afega e&nbsp;mora na Alemanha. Ela descreve sobre o que achou da cidade no seu relato logo abaixo.
Obrigada Zara,


Tourism in the city of Rio de Janeiro is growing every day.Finding out&nbsp;more about&nbsp;the impressions of tourists &nbsp;is a goal of Connecting Territories.
Through the eyes of a foreigner, you can connect and learn a little more about our identity.
Zara, having an Afghan background, lives in Germany. She describes what she thinks about the city in her brief report below.
Thanks Zara,





Exploring
Rio October 2012 



I was in
Rio for a Conference, the Global Economic Symposium 2012, to present a private
project on financing education in developing countries. I had a few extra days to
discover Rio. 

My absolute
highlight was the Sugar Loaf Mountain. I have seen some nice spots in the world
but the view from the Sugar Loaf is just one in a lifetime experience. It is simply
stunning!









&nbsp;Other
places I really enjoyed:



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Teresa - charming architecture and cobbled streets: best food and live music in
town, interesting art scene with a lot of graffiti



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das Ruinas with its beautiful view of the Sugar Loaf Mountain, also a good spot
to take a short break and enjoy some Brazilian snacks

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Selaron - homage to the Selaron artist who decorated them with colored and
mirrored mosaic tiles

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course Corcovado - the Christ Statue

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Ipanema and Leblon beach: Brazilians with the variety of skin colors are indeed
good looking and body-conscious people, everyone (old and young) is running at
the beach, many free gym facilities right at the beach







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and its nightlife, nothing better that dancing the Forró 

I had also
the pleasure to meet many locals, for example through a Kenyan friend Thais.
She took us to the Jardim Botanico - Rio's botanical gardens founded in 1808 by
Prince Regent Joao. It is very interesting to see all these species of plants
plus rare orchids. The garden preserves nearly 8,000 plants.

Brazilians
love fresh fruit. The Suco Shops are all over Rio and offer yummy fresh fruit
juices. Great way to start the day! Thais took us to a 'kilo-restaurant':
delicious food, especially the fresh fish and BBQ also great service - a real
deal! 












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To sum it
up, Rio was a great experience. I definitely want to come back!

Zara


Photos: Zara