I see you on the beaches, I see you on TV

Escadaria Selarón is a beautiful, functional piece of art that broaches two neighbourhoods, Santa Teresa and Lapa. There are a lot more stairs than you think there are.

There are thousands of tiles here from all over the world for many different reasons. Of course, we all search for our own country first.

Within the same group of tiles are a bunch of Haida art tiles. I've done my best to search the artist but have come up blank.

There were several more on the stairs, but I didn't take pictures of them all.

It would be very easy to spend a lot of hours searching these stairs and examining every tile. It is really a remarkable place.

There are very few opportunities in life to be James Bond.

I had one.

Pão de Açúcar.

(movies were so bad)

While my venture up this mountain was not anywhere near as exciting, it was still beautiful.

 Giant Jesus!

 James, but not Bond.

 Ipanema and Leblon.

 SDU, the domestic airport.

We took the cable cars to the top of the mountain and had a long while to take pictures and buy water for 5 Real, which is ridiculous, but you're a captive consumer so you have no choice.

Next: Beaches, an Oxford comma, and leaving.