Jacaranda tree in Ibirapuera Park, São Paolo.
A different exterior of Galeria Melissa in Sao Paolo. From The New Sao Paulo via the New York Times.
Exterior of Galeria Melissa on Rua Oscar Freire in Sao Paolo when I was there. The funky shoe boutique/gallery updates its walls with new graphics every three months.
Box 32 in Mercado Publico (Public Market), Florianopolis, is highly recommended by the locals as a must-go for its cachaças and seafood specialties, including fried codfish balls and shrimp pastels.
Oscar Niemeyer Museum in Curitiba.
In awe of Iguassu Falls, Brazil side.
I found this butterfly with a distinctive pattern that looks like the number 88 in the Argentina side of Iguazu Falls. The 88 butterflies (“diaethria clymena”) are found in Southern America and largely Amazonian or Andean. Natives see these butterflies as a sign of good luck.
Interestingly, the Chinese also see the number 88 as a good luck number as the number 8 in Mandarin and other Chinese languages sounds similar to the word for “wealth”. And the number 88 looks like the double infinity symbol. If you see them, consider yourself lucky!
Iguazu Falls from the Argentina side. Nature is this magnificent and mystical. A powerful place of awe.
One of the many rainbows of Iguassu Falls, Brazil. So much awe. The beauty can be overwhelming.
Iguassu Falls, Brazil side. This boardwalk leads to the end of Devil’s Throat for a panoramic view of the falls. This view itself was worth the 15-hour bus ride from Florianopolis.
