Brasil

Charles Yelverton O'Connor, was an Irish engineer who is best-known for his work in Australia, especially the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. This pipeline — perhaps the world's longest water main — carries water 330 miles (530 km) from Perth to Kalgoorlie. O'Connor was subjected to prolonged criticism by members of the press and also many members of the Western Australian Parliament over the scheme. O'Connor took his own life on 10 March 1902 by shooting himself, while riding his horse into the water at a beach south of Fremantle.



Rio de Janeiro




"Jesus Christ" is the name of this large concrete statue, built in the approximate image of a 1st Century Jewish Apprentice Carpenter. He sits atop a hill above Rio, and it is believed by some that he will one day awake from his stony slumber and wreak vengeance on the Godless masses below.



The Girl From Ipanema



Football at Maracaná (Gallo 3, Flamengo 0)






La Caminhada
Brasil is famous throughout the world for its wild and colourful annual street parade "La Caminhada Alcoologica" (The Alcoholic Walk). Hordes of inebriates stagger through the streets of Belo Horizonte behind a slow-moving fiat with an inflatable sex-doll on it´s roof, music blaring as traffic grinds to a halt behind the parade. Appreciative cheers are extended to attractive female bypassers, and derogatory jeers greet the unattractive.

Cheese

Brasilians believe that any comestible can be improved by filling it with (or wrapping it in) cheese. Cheese is also consumed with great gusto as a main meal in itself, as in this picture.

The Beach