Eli and I hiked up Morro da Urca, the smaller mountain next to the Sugarloaf. There's a path that runs from the beach to the visitor's area, and even though it only takes about 45 minutes to get to the top, it feels a lot longer because of how steep the path is.
I get so excited any time I see monkeys, just because they're so exotic. Eli reacts the same way when he sees squirrels. I'm like, who cares? He feels the same way about the monkeys. We lucked out on the hike, since we came across monkeys everywhere, but the lighting was weird so only a few of my pictures came out well. The monkeys even appeared on the concrete, near the heliport, scavenging for food (there are signs everywhere warning people not to feed the animals, but a lot of people ignore the signs, unfortunately).
Ha, ha, like squirrels! They are so cute though. Love those crazy earmuffs!
Posted by: Robyn | April 11, 2009 at 09:42 AM
When I went abroad, I reacted just like you with the squirrels! hehe
The name of the path is "Pista Claúdio Coutinho".
I study in Niterói, and in a street that leads to my university there are miquinhos. Once one baby mico fell from the tree. Everybody stop to look at it, while the mico mother was upstairs, probably waiting for everybody to go away, so she could catch the miquinho.
Posted by: Carol | April 11, 2009 at 09:52 AM
Em 1978 morava em Ipanema... estava grávida de 3 meses do meu filho, que hj é engenheiro(mora em Houston TX) e subí a pedra da Gávea. Era jovem, sem medo, cheia de tesao...hoje jamais faria. :0)
Posted by: elena | April 11, 2009 at 03:17 PM
They are so cute!!! I'd love seeing those in the trees here, but I would be stopping to take photos of them all the time!
Posted by: Bethany | April 27, 2009 at 10:28 AM