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Thursday, November 19, 2009

My town Friday Shoot out – Town’s Premier Attraction

 
Living in Brasil, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, and the city…. makes it hard to choose a premier attraction. In Rio, the Christ (the Header) and the Sugar Loaf are probably two of the most photographed places in South America, in the western hemisphere… well you get the point. Over the past few years I have written about plenty of places to see if you visit Brasil and last night I went through all my blogs about Brasil to make sure I had not written about my topic for today. Premier Attraction – Nova Friburgo

Header Photo – cable car to the Sugar Loaf – 2nd level

CaoSentando (4)I am in Friburgo this week but pulled my photos from my ‘extensive’ archives anyway. I am sure that you all realize by now that I do not go out running around town for the FSO. I have taken so many photo of all the places I have visited to need this kind of exertion. Okay down to business.
 
Nova Friburgo is considered a vacation spot for many Brazilians. It is set in the middle of a nature reserve so depending on the time of year that you visit, you can hike, mountain climb (not Himalayas' height and challenge but climbing none the less), canoe, ride rapids, CaoSentando (13)look at high water falls or low cascades - ecotourism at its best - and enjoy the winter festival activities with its food and music fests. Not at the end of this list because it is the least interesting thing to do but because the sentences worked out that way is the Park of the sitting dog.
 
Parque Cão Sentado is a very pleasant place to hike, one of my local favorites. The complete trail takes only 40 minutes although the portion going uphill can be more than a moderate climb in other words 30 minutes up and 10 to come down. There are also some side trails that you can explore if you want to spend a couple of hours exploring the park. This is not recommended after or during a rain storm. The stones that make up the trails are moss covered CaoSentando (28)and during the stormy season can also be covered with mud, this makes coming down the trail quite slippery, even hazardous. For me during the winter, (May, June and July) is the best time to visit this park.
 
The park was first opened in 1962 and closed in 2002 because of lack of infrastructure and general disrepair. In 2004 it was
 
 
The sitting Dog (37)reopened as a private park. It now has a concession stand with
 
snacks, sodas and water available, picnic tables, a small lake with ducks and other birds and a very beautiful trail built up of rocks and trees from the area of
 
the park itself, leaving you with the feel of nature close at hand.
 
(I never know when to quit adding photos) – From the bottom to the top this is a fantastic place to visit - AND the PREMIER ATTACTION (can you hear the drum roll?)    Pedra do Cão Sentado
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If you look closely you can see two men on his face – that is at 1111 meters high.


** there is no way to see this rock formation from the highway below, he blends into the surrounding rocks, you have to climb to the top to see him.

 

20 comments:

  1. SO very lush! Gorgeous photos Ginger! AND I LOVE THE SITTING DOG!!!!
    Fantastic post, really!

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  2. What beautiful photos, I am, and I said I am coming there one day...

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  3. Pedra A Cão Sentado: I like him, tall dark and handsome. LOL

    I lost a comment just now,

    I wrote, luckily or keeping my fingers cross, all the volcanoes in Auckland are already dead. However, drive down 3 hours, Mt Rupehu is still alive.

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  4. Ginger, I really love the moss covered stones in the park. It is very beautiful. There is no way I would go to the top of that rock in the bottom photo. I wonder how long it took that man to get there.

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  5. Wow!what an amazing rock formation,and beautiful nature surrounding it! I'm glad I don't have to climb so high just to see it, all thanks to you.

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  6. Wow, that is gorgeous!! Putting that on my list of "places to visit in Brazil." Thanks for sharing the photos!

    And thanks for your sweet comments and recipe on my blog post; I will send you an email today sometime!

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  7. Wow. What a rock! A photographer's paradise. If I don;t stopp following your post, I am going to have to go to Fiburgo. It is high on my bucket list.

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  8. So I'm busy owing and ahing over your photos say to my self, I like that one best, not that one when I finally get to Pedra A Cão Sentado and my jaw drops onto the floor.

    Now that is an amazing rock formation. The word spectacular just doesn't do it justice.

    Barry & Linda

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  9. Beautiful park! Your sitting dog is spectacular! Bet those two men had a wonderful view from up there! Wonder if it was reward enough for what must have been a vigorous climb. Thanks for sharing your attraction with us.

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  10. ooooooooooh. That Pedra A Cao Sentado is awesome. The whole place seems magical. A place that one can get a way from it all.

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  11. Wow. The two men in that last picture really give it some perspective. I don't care that you think Rio is over photographed, I like your photos a lot!

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  12. I would love to vacation there too. It looks so serene with places to climb around. And that rock structure is pretty amazing too.

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  13. Brazil(as we spell it here) is so beautiful! the mountains are so wonderful and would love to see them. have a great weekend!!

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  14. Doreen you will find me spelling Brasil both with the s and the z, if I have a spell check always says the Z - but portuguese does not have a z in its alphabet.

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  15. Wow what a wonderful park!! The last shots are amazing!! wonderful place.I would love to visit there some day!!
    I will email you in the am..housefull of 6 year olds today...am tired - lol! Sarah

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  16. Incredible scenery. Thanks for sharing.

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  17. Awesome photos, GingerV. I have been thinking about you and all the gang. I really do think about you guys as I am riding along trying to get from one assignment to another. One day I am going to retire - again.

    Occasionally I sit down with good intentions of visiting everyone but I start looking at the long list and, after eking out a few posts, hang it up for the night.

    I got a few this evening. Gotta get some rest. I was taking tomorrow off but my photo editor had other plans for me.

    Have a great weekend. If I don't get back this way, hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

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  18. I am so amazed to see rock formations in Pedra do Cao Sentado (what's it in english?) and the beautiful photos of Nova Friburgo.

    I don't always go out and shoot every week. SOmetimes we have photos in our archive that suit the theme. It's kinda sharing and working as a team in FSO that matters. I am working for the special post for FSO. Thanks for always there for us.

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  19. These pictures make me want to visit! It looks like a beautiful place!

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  20. How beautiful! That's crazy that there are actually a couple of people hanging out on top of Pedra :) I love the picture that you put on your header. Well done!

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