Beautiful Brasilia

From memorial to cathedral, from TV tower to nature-spirits, from the white clouds in the blue sky to the streaks of an apricot and violet sunset over the water, to the joy of friendships newly formed and the discovery of a new and captivating city...I had the grand tour of Brasilia in just a few hours.  

With Marcia, my US Embassy contact

Lunch with Liberato, Marcia, Ja-Ja

JK Memorial (Presiden Juscelino Kubitschek), Praça do Cruzeiro 

Liberato, JK and wife, and me

Ja-Ja putting up with my antics

TV tower and spot for a great panorama of the city

Aforementioned panorama

and more panoramic scenery

santuario Dom Bosco, cathedral 

Outside architecture of the Museu dos Povos Indigenas

Inside Catedral Metropolitana

Ponte JK (bridge)

Sunset over the water under the Ponte JK

One of the nature spirits in the umbanda and candomble beliefs
I think this one is the second-most powerful, the son.

I think she is a goddess of salt water

I think this one is the god of the hunt.  I really liked this form.

Thank you Ja-Ja for your excellent tour and outstanding navigating skills.

It was one of those days where everything was captivating and everyone was utterly beautiful.  I shall not forget my first taste of Brasilia.  I think I have a bit of a crush!