Inaugurated as early as in October 1931, it has been watching over Rio for over 82 years now. What not many might not know is that the monument partly was built by the old Swedish company Skånska Cement and the concrete in the foundation comes from the Limhamn in the town Malmö in the south of Sweden.

We were reminded about it now because yesterday evening we did meet Jane at the Stockholm Arlanda airport, coming home after being in Rio de Janeiro for around 6 months now, in good company with her lovely girlfriend Jennifer who is living there. I guess we will hear a lot of Rio from now on!

The Cristo Redentor has been pictured not only in peoples private photo albums, but also in many other media, newspapers, TV programs, movies. It’s one of the most visited tourist attractions in Rio without doubt. You simply can’t go to Rio without have been there, if not for the statue, so for the mosts gorgeous view.

I almost got the urge to go seeing Cristo Redentor once more (we were there in 2005), greated by the same big hug of his arms back then – the true symbol of faith and hapiness for the people. I guess it will be the closest we will get to heaven – except when being in each others arms…

©Lifecruiser Love Rio de Janeiro
 

Other posts by Lifecruiser where Brazil is mentioned:

Rio de Janeiro twice as fun
The Perfect birthday gift: a new suitcase for a trip
World Heritage: Iguazu Falls, South America
5 Tip Top Beaches of Lifecruiser
Stockholm Body Painting Contest 2008
PhotoHunt Flexible
Photohunt Practical Tactical
Photo Scavenger Hunt: Wild
Cut Memories
Photo Scavenger Hunt: Looking Up
A Wet Kiss Memory
 

Now our family has been there twice and I’m sure she had twice as fun as we had (after all she is YOUNG… lol) and she want to go there a second time.

She were mostly at the Ipanema beach during the day and partying in the night. I’ve got the permission to show you 15 of her photos in this slideshow above – I excluded all party photos… hum…hum…

We will see if she will take off there soon again.

©Lifecruiser Love Travel Photos

Other posts by Lifecruiser where Brazil is mentioned:

5 Tip Top Beaches of Lifecruiser
Stockholm Body Painting Contest 2008
PhotoHunt Flexible
Photohunt Practical Tactical
Photo Scavenger Hunt: Wild
Cut Memories
Photo Scavenger Hunt: Looking Up
A Wet Kiss Memory
 

Cataratas del Iguazu in Iguazu National Park, from the Brazil side, South America. Photo taken in the middle of November 2005.

It is really difficult to describe that overwhelming feeling when you watch all that water falling! So enormously powerful and so beautiful that there is absolutely no word for it!

What a sound! Everywhere is the powerful sound of the pounding water cascades! Incredible! No wonder that the most powerful fall is called Gargata del Diablo – The Devil’s Throat.

The waterfalls are situated on the border of Brazil and Argentina and has 275 waterfalls (!) in an 3 km long half moon. At one point a person can stand and be surrounded by 260 degrees of waterfalls! All the waterfalls are in Argentine territory and reach an average height of 40 and 80 meters.

Iguazu falls were discovered by the Spaniards in 1541. I wish I had been with them, what a discovery – it must be the worlds most beautiful waterfalls and certainly beats the Niagara falls thousands times!!!

We were so impressed of the arrangements around the falls, very well done. Everywhere there were bridges and walking paths so that we could come extremely close to the falls.

At some places we were standing on the very edge of the fall looking down, almost with a bit of vertigo from the stunning heights. Even though we both are afraid of heights, we found this very exciting and totally forgot about our fear.

Our blogger friend Tor did enjoy Iguazu falls just as much as we did, but I tell you: no one can help falling in love with Iguazu falls!

Oh, and do NOT miss the fabulous opportunity to get showered by the three musketeers (falls name) by going there with the speedboats with 2×100 horse power engines!

We did and I remember my clothes getting soaking wet – and transparent! Ooops… We also have a wet kiss memory from one of the vantage points!

Besides the falls there are also a lot of animals to discover around the area. The most colorful might be the free Toucan birds around the falls. There are also a special bird park, Parque des Aves, to visit if wanting to learn about the different species.

Plus there is a special dance show in the evening, so do stay in the area for several days and see the falls from both the Brazil and the Argentina side!

Make sure though that you get the right stamps in your passport when going over the borders – we did not and got a very suspicious penalty later on in Paraguay, but that is another story…

Here you can watch Lifecruiser Flickr photo slidehow of Iguazu Falls, since they are best seen in bigger format!

Lifecruiser ♥ Iguazu Falls

Nice picture of me and Mr Lifecruiser huh? Guess who is who! *giggles*

We took this picture of these rare lizards in the Parque das Aves we did visit on our South America trip in 2005 – on our way to the worlds most beautiful waterfalls: Iguazu Waterfalls.

Actually, the expression Horror lizard is used in Sweden to describe a really horrifying ugly woman…. *giggles*

Captain Lizard Lifecruiser