AERIALS of Rio and also some ground-shots!

[Mary]

Villas up on the hills facing the ocean

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2079/condomniodasyucascu2.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4108/condomniodasyucasyn6.jpg

Condos and golf courses

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9653/soconradoxi4.jpg

Road built along the rocks, between the tropical forest and the Atlantic.
Notice the villas in the forest.

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/6094/elevadodojoaa4.jpg

More hillside villas and the ocean in the background

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/976/joatingalj3.jpg

Luxury suburbs built in islands and along the canals. More golf courses.

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/2772/itanhangqi6.jpg

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2993/marinabarraclubrn9.jpg

Condo boom in a peninsula.

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2185/pennsularx1.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/3011/pennsulabk9.jpg

Condos and detached houses

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7830/barracd7.jpg

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/6717/condomniosantamonicaqr1.jpg

Ipanema

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/3778/16748865l5vf.jpg

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/8546/ipanema20anfang6by.jpg

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1187/brazil0039km.jpg

Downtown in the background

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/766/centroriodejaneirorjvistodenit.jpg

While europeans freeze in their winter, brazilians go to the beach. :D

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