Brazil 2005

Here are pictures from our trip to Brazil in 2005 where in twelve days, Ahsan gave a lecture at PUCRS, we saw Gui's graduation and tried to absorb his amazing country. Gui was great at laying out an itinerary that gave Linda plenty of time to rest and lay around including going to his Aunts beach house. We spent the first few days in Porto Alegre which all revolved around work, and then spent a few days in Rio before heading out to Buzios where the beach house is. It is a far better place than even Gui raves about.

Day 1 - The view from our hotel in Porto Alegre where Gui's school is.
Another view of Porto Alegre. It shows the big park in the center of the city where a lot of people are out walking.
The poster advertising the talk that I was giving.
Posing before the talk. The Brazilians are big on protocol.
Giving my talk.
Everyone on the stage. Gui on the left translated the Embraer presentation, the Head of the Aerosciences depat is in the middle and the Embraer representative is on the right.
In the Dean's office. Same people as before except on the far right is the Dean's deputy.
The Potifica University in Rio Sul. It has a huge campus, which is very pretty and modern.
Gui with Anisa and Linda outside one of the Halls.
Ahsan, Anisa and Linda
I think this is engineering school. It was winter in Porto Alegre but you saw a range of clothes from winter jackets to t-shirts.
Another building on campus.
Captured a reflection on Linda's insistance.
Campus.
Campus.
Campus
One of the shopping malls we stopped in for food. They had a hypermart in there which sold everything from chicken to lawn mowers.
The meat shelf in the Hypermart was amazing. They had a quadzillion cuts of beef and at amazing prices. Ahuge tenderlion was $10. The brazilians love their beef!
This place was well stocked.
Some of the more exotic fruits. I don't even know what the spiky things are, but we ate guavas, mangoes, amazingly sweet tangerines and pineappples regularly.
Anisa in the park by the hotel
People hanging out in the park. Most of downtown has a lot of apartment buildings so everyone empties into the park on a sunny day.
Anisa trying out her balance.
A tire wire where some of the local kids were playing. Obviously lawsuits are not big in Brazil because we saw three kids injure themselves slightly but everyone took it in stride.
Anisa showing one of the flowers that was very prevalent in the area.
Clmibing on the monkey bars.
It was a beautiful day with blue skies and the moon.
The turtle was sunning itself in the park.
No shortage of turtles
A girl sitting in the sun. I think she was stalking me!
A family hanging out in the park. It was a very people friendly area.
Pink Sloth.
By the lake in the park
One of those epiphytic plants that grow on trees.
Anisa takes a turn on the tire wire
Here she comes!
Graduation day int he auditorium. In the middle is Gui's mom and her boyfriend, Mario.
The class marches in with Gui in the lead
The fluffy collars were too cool!
The priest robes were even cooler.
Everything was quite a well done production, with lighting, music and two large screens showing the whole thing.
Gui taking the aviators pledge. Everything was in portugese so we understood little.
The rest of class while Gui took the pledge held out their arms. Not to be confused with the nazi salute!