<center> var ssConfig = { AlbumID: '4480339', newWindow: 'false', transparent: 'true', showLogo: 'false', clickUrl: 'http://australfoto.smugmug.com/galleries', showThumbs: 'false', showButtons: 'false', randomStart: 'true', borderThickness: '5', borderColor: 'ffffff', crossFadeSpeed: '350' }; SM.flash.insertSlideshow(600, 450, ssConfig, 'transparent'); </center> http://www.smugmug.com/img/smuggy64.gif http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/ 2009-12-27T00:30:34Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com">australfoto</a><br />Fabia Borges parades with the Unidos da Tijuca Samba School, in the sambadrome during the "Special Group" carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 7, 2005(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)</p><p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/2728316_QYRSo#144801969_BEtwZ" title="Fabia Borges parades with the Unidos da Tijuca Samba School, in the sambadrome during the "Special Group" carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 7, 2005(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)"><img src="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/20050206RioCarnival18/144801969_BEtwZ-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Fabia Borges parades with the Unidos da Tijuca Samba School, in the sambadrome during the "Special Group" carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 7, 2005(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)" title="Fabia Borges parades with the Unidos da Tijuca Samba School, in the sambadrome during the "Special Group" carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 7, 2005(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-11T08:41:28Z australfoto http://australfoto.smugmug.com http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/20050206RioCarnival18/144801969_BEtwZ-Th-1.jpg 2005-02-07 05:23:30 <p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com">australfoto</a><br />Brazilian model Valeria Valenca parades with the Portela samba school during the "Special Group" carnival parade at the sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 8, 2005.(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)</p><p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/2728316_QYRSo#144802122_KAzXY" title="Brazilian model Valeria Valenca parades with the Portela samba school during the "Special Group" carnival parade at the sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 8, 2005.(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)"><img src="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/20050208RioCarnival02/144802122_KAzXY-Th-1.jpg" width="107" height="150" alt="Brazilian model Valeria Valenca parades with the Portela samba school during the "Special Group" carnival parade at the sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 8, 2005.(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)" title="Brazilian model Valeria Valenca parades with the Portela samba school during the "Special Group" carnival parade at the sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 8, 2005.(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-11T07:59:08Z australfoto http://australfoto.smugmug.com http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/20050208RioCarnival02/144802122_KAzXY-Th-1.jpg 2005-02-08 04:22:22 <p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com">australfoto</a><br />Women perform on a float of transparent showers of the Mocidade Samba School during carnival in Rio de Janeiro in 2001.(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)</p><p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/2728316_QYRSo#144790606_fwxgY" title="Women perform on a float of transparent showers of the Mocidade Samba School during carnival in Rio de Janeiro in 2001.(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)"><img src="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/20010225DE01/144790606_fwxgY-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="Women perform on a float of transparent showers of the Mocidade Samba School during carnival in Rio de Janeiro in 2001.(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)" title="Women perform on a float of transparent showers of the Mocidade Samba School during carnival in Rio de Janeiro in 2001.(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-11T08:31:43Z australfoto http://australfoto.smugmug.com http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/20010225DE01/144790606_fwxgY-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com">australfoto</a><br />The Sugarloaf Mountain looms above the Guanabara Bay and Rio de Janeiro in this photo taken Aug. 7, 2002.(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)</p><p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/2728316_QYRSo#144791702_XZqqN" title="The Sugarloaf Mountain looms above the Guanabara Bay and Rio de Janeiro in this photo taken Aug. 7, 2002.(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)"><img src="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/20020807RiodeJaneiro02/144791702_XZqqN-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="The Sugarloaf Mountain looms above the Guanabara Bay and Rio de Janeiro in this photo taken Aug. 7, 2002.(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)" title="The Sugarloaf Mountain looms above the Guanabara Bay and Rio de Janeiro in this photo taken Aug. 7, 2002.(AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-11T08:43:39Z australfoto http://australfoto.smugmug.com http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/20020807RiodeJaneiro02/144791702_XZqqN-Th-1.jpg 2000-04-20 06:17:18 <p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com">australfoto</a><br />Representing DNA, painted people perform on an allegorical float of the Unidos da Tijuca Samba School during the "Special group" parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 22, 2004(AustralFoto/D ...</p><p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/2728316_QYRSo#439837620_vj32e" title="Representing DNA, painted people perform on an allegorical float of the Unidos da Tijuca Samba School during the "Special group" parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 22, 2004(AustralFoto/D ..."><img src="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/20040222DE03/439837620_vj32e-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Representing DNA, painted people perform on an allegorical float of the Unidos da Tijuca Samba School during the "Special group" parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 22, 2004(AustralFoto/D ..." title="Representing DNA, painted people perform on an allegorical float of the Unidos da Tijuca Samba School during the "Special group" parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 22, 2004(AustralFoto/D ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-12-19T21:16:58Z australfoto http://australfoto.smugmug.com http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/20040222DE03/439837620_vj32e-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com">australfoto</a><br />Since roads are few and far between in Brazil's northeast, the best way to see the sun-soaked beaches of the region is by beach buggy. There are day trips out of the larger cities in the reg ...</p><p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Natal-to-Fortaleza-Brazil-by/4477296_aNzRr#263338466_5Y7Um" title="Since roads are few and far between in Brazil's northeast, the best way to see the sun-soaked beaches of the region is by beach buggy. There are day trips out of the larger cities in the reg ..."><img src="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Natal-to-Fortaleza-Brazil-by/20040925DEbuggy12/263338466_5Y7Um-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Since roads are few and far between in Brazil's northeast, the best way to see the sun-soaked beaches of the region is by beach buggy. There are day trips out of the larger cities in the reg ..." title="Since roads are few and far between in Brazil's northeast, the best way to see the sun-soaked beaches of the region is by beach buggy. There are day trips out of the larger cities in the reg ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:30Z australfoto http://australfoto.smugmug.com http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Natal-to-Fortaleza-Brazil-by/20040925DEbuggy12/263338466_5Y7Um-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com">australfoto</a><br />Fog rolls into Rio de Janeiro, surrounding the Sugarloaf Mountain, right.(Australfoto/Douglas Engle)</p><p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/2728316_QYRSo#263286677_3T52R" title="Fog rolls into Rio de Janeiro, surrounding the Sugarloaf Mountain, right.(Australfoto/Douglas Engle)"><img src="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/20080305riodejaneiro02/263286677_3T52R-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Fog rolls into Rio de Janeiro, surrounding the Sugarloaf Mountain, right.(Australfoto/Douglas Engle)" title="Fog rolls into Rio de Janeiro, surrounding the Sugarloaf Mountain, right.(Australfoto/Douglas Engle)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-12T14:35:35Z australfoto http://australfoto.smugmug.com http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/20080305riodejaneiro02/263286677_3T52R-Th.jpg 2008-03-05 17:42:08 <p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com">australfoto</a><br />Village of Purmamarca and Cerro de Siete Colores (Hill of Seven Colors), Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina, Feb., 2007. (FOTO:AUSTRAL FOTO/HORACIO PAONE)</p><p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Argentina-Humahuaca/4394070_nfp9V#258020333_b3GHq" title="Village of Purmamarca and Cerro de Siete Colores (Hill of Seven Colors), Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina, Feb., 2007. (FOTO:AUSTRAL FOTO/HORACIO PAONE)"><img src="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Argentina-Humahuaca/20070900HPJujuy08Purmamarca/258020333_b3GHq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="92" alt="Village of Purmamarca and Cerro de Siete Colores (Hill of Seven Colors), Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina, Feb., 2007. (FOTO:AUSTRAL FOTO/HORACIO PAONE)" title="Village of Purmamarca and Cerro de Siete Colores (Hill of Seven Colors), Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina, Feb., 2007. (FOTO:AUSTRAL FOTO/HORACIO PAONE)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-12T16:21:30Z australfoto http://australfoto.smugmug.com http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Argentina-Humahuaca/20070900HPJujuy08Purmamarca/258020333_b3GHq-Th.jpg 2007-02-07 11:22:48 <p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com">australfoto</a><br />Mohammed Khatami, President of Iran, during an official visit to Beirut, Lebanon. Khatami's visit is the first Iranian Presidential visit to Lebanon since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran ...</p><p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Middle-East/3263148_CsjdP#180749354_u6tNR" title="Mohammed Khatami, President of Iran, during an official visit to Beirut, Lebanon. Khatami's visit is the first Iranian Presidential visit to Lebanon since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran ..."><img src="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Middle-East/20030512doug02/180749354_u6tNR-Th-1.jpg" width="103" height="150" alt="Mohammed Khatami, President of Iran, during an official visit to Beirut, Lebanon. Khatami's visit is the first Iranian Presidential visit to Lebanon since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran ..." title="Mohammed Khatami, President of Iran, during an official visit to Beirut, Lebanon. Khatami's visit is the first Iranian Presidential visit to Lebanon since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-05T21:02:49Z australfoto http://australfoto.smugmug.com http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Middle-East/20030512doug02/180749354_u6tNR-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com">australfoto</a><br />Hezbollah (Party of God) leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah appears on television at a restaurant in Saida, southern Lebanon. The Hezbollah, known internationally as a terrorist group, also is a ...</p><p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Middle-East/3263148_CsjdP#180747679_SpAVG" title="Hezbollah (Party of God) leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah appears on television at a restaurant in Saida, southern Lebanon. The Hezbollah, known internationally as a terrorist group, also is a ..."><img src="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Middle-East/20030507doug59/180747679_SpAVG-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Hezbollah (Party of God) leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah appears on television at a restaurant in Saida, southern Lebanon. The Hezbollah, known internationally as a terrorist group, also is a ..." title="Hezbollah (Party of God) leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah appears on television at a restaurant in Saida, southern Lebanon. The Hezbollah, known internationally as a terrorist group, also is a ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-08-05T21:19:21Z australfoto http://australfoto.smugmug.com http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Middle-East/20030507doug59/180747679_SpAVG-Th-1.jpg <p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com">australfoto</a><br />Tourists visit the Contemporary Art Museum (MAC) designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, in Niteroi, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Niemeyer is known for his futuristic round and curvi ...</p><p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/2728316_QYRSo#144803711_i5B6L" title="Tourists visit the Contemporary Art Museum (MAC) designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, in Niteroi, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Niemeyer is known for his futuristic round and curvi ..."><img src="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/20050314BrazilNeimeyer06/144803711_i5B6L-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Tourists visit the Contemporary Art Museum (MAC) designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, in Niteroi, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Niemeyer is known for his futuristic round and curvi ..." title="Tourists visit the Contemporary Art Museum (MAC) designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, in Niteroi, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Niemeyer is known for his futuristic round and curvi ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-11T08:34:41Z australfoto http://australfoto.smugmug.com http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/20050314BrazilNeimeyer06/144803711_i5B6L-Th-1.jpg 2005-03-13 17:55:41 <p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com">australfoto</a><br />Sun sets behind the Two Brothers mountain on Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro. (AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)</p><p><a href="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/2728316_QYRSo#144793842_P9Tjy" title="Sun sets behind the Two Brothers mountain on Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro. (AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)"><img src="http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/20031016DE04/144793842_P9Tjy-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="99" alt="Sun sets behind the Two Brothers mountain on Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro. (AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)" title="Sun sets behind the Two Brothers mountain on Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro. (AustralFoto/Douglas Engle)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-11T08:16:48Z australfoto http://australfoto.smugmug.com http://australfoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Postcards-from-Rio/20031016DE04/144793842_P9Tjy-Th-1.jpg