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Brazil - South America
Bec2004-09-20 17:46:11
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Itaipu
The Itaipu dam built between Paraguay and Brazil on the Paraná river creates a 1400 square km artificial lake extending north. Being professionally interested by matters of energy, I did not miss visiting the huge hydro-electric plant housing 18 turbines of 700 megawatts each.
With a total capacity of 12 600 megawatts, the Itaipu plant satisfies the needs of Paraguay and of all of southern Brazil replacing two dozen highly polluting coal or oil fired thermal plants.
Foz do Iguaçu
The borders of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina meet a few km south of the Itaipu dam where the Iguaçu river flows into the Paraná river. The Iguaçu forms the border between Brazil and Argentina. This photo shows the falls on the Argentina side of the river.
Countryside
I stayed only one night in the town of Foz do Iguaçu. After visiting the Iguaçu Falls and the Itaipu plant, I took an overnight "leito" bus to Curitiba. The Brasilian sleeping busses are really quite comfortable. The next morning I took this photo through the window shortly before arriving in Curitiba where I took another bus to Săo Paulo.
Săo Paulo
Arriving in the afternoon, I found a cheap hotel in Săo Joăo street and started to explore the central area around Praça da República, Praça da Sé and the Luz train station. This is the Sé Cathedral on Praça Sé.
This audaciously suspended building is the Săo Paulo art gallery on Avenida Paulista.. The peaceful Parque Trianon across the street is an oasis of quiet in the noisy city center. Săo Paulo also has an interesting zoo with a herd of giraffes which were the first that I had seen.
This part of Avenida Paulista is where all the banks are. I found one that gave me an advance on my credit card and took a night bus for Brasilia for I found the big, modern Saő Paulo
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Brazil Gallery
