She Dances On The Sand
Yeah. The title was a little obvious, sorry.
Rio De Janerio. Possibly the most beautiful place I've ever seen in my life. The city is intensely amazing. From my window I can see mountains and oceans, mountains in the ocean and behind my hotel are oceans tucked in betwixt mountains. Aerial views of the city are breathtaking and the beaches are golden. Today I watched the waves crash against rocks for a solid hour. Like this one;
Another perk to this job, for some reason my position requires that I have a common space for the crew to drop of tapes and equipment. This basically means that I get a suite(sweet) in every city. Here in Rio I have the most amazing room with a sick view, two television sets, a couch, a table with 4 chairs, two bathrooms, one with a jacuzzi and a king sized bed. I have no idea how I scored all this, but I'm not complaining. Check out the view;
And at night;
And I just think this is cool;
Despite all these pros, there is a strange sense of a con in Rio. I haven't been able to put my finger on it exactly, but what I've seen so far there is a weird negative vibe here. Admittedly, I haven't seen a whole lot yet, but just what I've seen of the people there is an attitude of what I like to call "tough guy superiority." I don't know if I'm off-base, but this is what I feel.
UPDATE!! I just spent the afternoon in Ipanema and it kinda changed my opinion of this city. Really cool laid back area with interesting people. Maybe "Cariocas" aren't as tough as they seem...
/UPDATE
Regardless, it's still gorgeous. Here's two shots of Ipanema;
Then here's me and our old pal, Jesus;
Random thoughts:
I missed New York for the first time today. Got emails and chatted with friends online and do miss the city a little. Sounds like everyone is having a good time, so just know I'm thinking about all of you.
I have been without a mobile phone for almost 3 weeks now. I love it. Might start leaving my phone at home sometimes when I get back.
I have been drinking aqua com gas (water with bubbles or seltzer) with apricot juice and it owns my face (© Copyright 2006 Ben Helfen).
Lost forums are amazing. There are folks out there with IDEAS, people.
My friend on the crew Fleur and I have been planning out a sloth farm. Proposed specifications are as follows:
- Lots of sloths
- Monkeys
- A garden
- A jacuzzi
- A greenhouse
- One baby tiger
Location for sloth farm yet to be determined.
So far there are two Mom's (that I know about) reading my blog. Can I just say that Mom's are awesome?
Finally, I still can't stop listening to Menomena.
Love and nunchucks.
Rio De Janerio. Possibly the most beautiful place I've ever seen in my life. The city is intensely amazing. From my window I can see mountains and oceans, mountains in the ocean and behind my hotel are oceans tucked in betwixt mountains. Aerial views of the city are breathtaking and the beaches are golden. Today I watched the waves crash against rocks for a solid hour. Like this one;
Another perk to this job, for some reason my position requires that I have a common space for the crew to drop of tapes and equipment. This basically means that I get a suite(sweet) in every city. Here in Rio I have the most amazing room with a sick view, two television sets, a couch, a table with 4 chairs, two bathrooms, one with a jacuzzi and a king sized bed. I have no idea how I scored all this, but I'm not complaining. Check out the view;
And at night;
And I just think this is cool;
Despite all these pros, there is a strange sense of a con in Rio. I haven't been able to put my finger on it exactly, but what I've seen so far there is a weird negative vibe here. Admittedly, I haven't seen a whole lot yet, but just what I've seen of the people there is an attitude of what I like to call "tough guy superiority." I don't know if I'm off-base, but this is what I feel.
UPDATE!! I just spent the afternoon in Ipanema and it kinda changed my opinion of this city. Really cool laid back area with interesting people. Maybe "Cariocas" aren't as tough as they seem...
/UPDATE
Regardless, it's still gorgeous. Here's two shots of Ipanema;
Then here's me and our old pal, Jesus;
Random thoughts:
I missed New York for the first time today. Got emails and chatted with friends online and do miss the city a little. Sounds like everyone is having a good time, so just know I'm thinking about all of you.
I have been without a mobile phone for almost 3 weeks now. I love it. Might start leaving my phone at home sometimes when I get back.
I have been drinking aqua com gas (water with bubbles or seltzer) with apricot juice and it owns my face (© Copyright 2006 Ben Helfen).
Lost forums are amazing. There are folks out there with IDEAS, people.
My friend on the crew Fleur and I have been planning out a sloth farm. Proposed specifications are as follows:
- Lots of sloths
- Monkeys
- A garden
- A jacuzzi
- A greenhouse
- One baby tiger
Location for sloth farm yet to be determined.
So far there are two Mom's (that I know about) reading my blog. Can I just say that Mom's are awesome?
Finally, I still can't stop listening to Menomena.
Love and nunchucks.
Labels: beaches, jesus, pictures, rio de janerio
posted by daniel bellury | 2:37 AM
4 Comments:
1. You used the word 'betwixt'. Awesome.
2. What happens when you have an adult tiger eating sloths?
Aghhhhh!
Did you see the girl from Ipanema???
Tall and tan and young lovely???
When she walks she's like a samba???
And when she passes, each one she passes goes, ahhhh....
Oh, but he watch her so sadly,
how can he tell her he loves her?
ahem. anyways.
sloth farm. Yes.excellent.
Love,
Grace
what you need to do is make sure that the tiger knows she's the beta animal to the alpha sloths. that shouldn't be hard to do.
rio doesn't sound so bad. i mean, if you're the type of person that likes mountains and oceans. i guess you're kind of like that.
Good for people to know.
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