Friendship Force of Los Angeles Exchange to Brazil & Argentina September 9-October 2, 2015 Photos by Edward W. Lollis Part 2 of 2 Parts

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Federal District, Brazil

Photo 151. Brasilia. Our second flyover, but still no view of the central city (at least from my side of the plane). Here is another expresswway. Land appers to be very dry.

Sao Paulo State, Brazil

Photo 187. Sao Jose do Rio Preto. Expressway into Sao Jose do Rio Preto. Land appears to be very well watered.

Photo 153. Sao Jose do Rio Preto. School bands plays to welcome us to Sao Juda Tadue Church and its school.

Photo 156. Sao Jose do Rio Preto. Classrooms in the school always contain a Bible and religious figures.

Photo 157. Sao Jose do Rio Preto. The Ten Commandments on a school calendar.

Photo 159. Sao Jose do Rio Preto. Posters afixed to the fence around the church proclaim "We are Peace" by the National Council of Brazilian Bishops for "Year of Peace - 2015."

Photo 160. Sao Jose do Rio Preto. Jeanine Mauch poses in front of Sao Jose's Christo Redentor (a bit smaller than the one in Rio). On the former farm of Friendship Force member Celia Accorsi's grandfather.

Photo 163. Sao Jose do Rio Preto. Bird at lake (a central feature of the city). I took this photo while others were chasing after the huge lake-dwelling badger-like animal whose name I never mastered (and couldn't find on the web later).

Photo 166. Sao Jose do Rio Preto. Pat Wright, Sandy Arai & others serve themselves at buffet table during welcome party at the Decio de Melo Building.

Photo 168. Sao Jose do Rio Preto. American ambassdors mix with Brazilian hostesses in a dance line.

Photo 172. Sao Jose do Rio Preto. Restaurant Rancho do Cupim, one of the best of the many buffets to which we were taken. Good caipirinhas (made from cachaca)!

Photo 176. Sao Jose do Rio Preto. Exchange director Jeanine Mauch leads her group of FF ambassadors from Braile Biomédica.

Photo 174. Sao Jose do Rio Preto. Television setup in one of Sao Jose's five malls ("shoppings"). It's in this mall that I bought a very nice atlas of Brazil, but the shop still had no map of Sao Jose do Rio Preto! (The only map of the city I ever saw was on the wall of an office at the Braslatex rubber factory.)

Photo 178. Mirassol. The still at Dom Tapparo Engenho (which distills cachaça from sugar cane). Celia Accorsi is seen at right interpreting explanations of the founder's grandson. Larry & Sharon Lavenberg stand in the foreground.

Photo 180. Mirassol. Grandson & son of the founder.

Photo 179. Mirassol. Bottles of cachaça in the Dom Tapparo shop.

Photo 186. Mirassol. Gas prices. I never did hear an explanation of Brazil's ethanol (made from sugar cane) and other fuels (or how Petrobras relates to other retail brands like Ruff). Shell appears to be the only international brand in Brazil.

Photo from web. Air view of AGERIP (Associação Geronto Geriátrica de São José do Rio Preto / adult retirement community). Photo was made when the highway was being widened. This is now has dual lanes (yet motorists drive across the median to make left turns).

Photo 189. Sao Jose do Rio Preto. Entrance to AGERIP where we stayed with Aurora Nunes Sant'Ana. Note the beautiful yellow tree.

Photo 191. Sao Jose do Rio Preto. Our hostess Aurora Nunes Sant'Ana gets ready to go to the Expressinho (samba dancing). Click here for 38 images of Aurora's house on flickr.com.

Photo 197. Sao Jose do Rio Preto. Departure on TRM Airlines. Jeanine Mauch & Celia Accorsi at left. Schera Chadwick & Paulo Sigueira at right (transferring present for Eloise).

Photo 200. Sao Jose do Rio Preto. Group departure photo at the airport. Many local Friendship Force members turned out for our arrival & departure.

Photo 202. Sao Jose do Rio Preto. From the air.

Photo 207. Sao Paulo. From the air. A city of high rise buildings.

Click here for more Sao José do Rio Preto photos by Ian Stewart of Wellington, New Zealand.

Paraná State, Brazil

Photo 209. Foz do Iguacu. Rainy countryside near the airport. Foz is the opposite of Sao Paulo.

Photo 211. Foz do Iguacu. Tourists at falls overlook.

Photo 213. Foz do Iguacu. Schera Chadwick overlooks the overlook.

Photo 212. Foz do Iguacu. Coati among tourists viewing the falls.

Photo 216. Foz do Iguacu. Coati.

Photo 214. Foz do Iguacu. Iguacu Falls.

Photo 215. Foz do Iguacu. Telescopic portion of Photo 214.

Photo 218. Foz do Iguacu. Boardwalk to a viewpoint very close to the falls.

Photo 219. Foz do Iguacu. Schera Chadwick views a major portion of the falls on the Brazilian side of the river.

Photo 221. Foz do Iguacu. Five passers-by help Schera Chadwick recover from a fall while crossing a park road.

Click here for more Foz do Iguaçu photos by Ian Stewart of Wellington, New Zealand.

Misiones State, Argentina

Photo 223. Iguazu River. Leaving Brazil (left of flagpole) & entering Argentina (right of flagpole) at mid-point of the Tancredo Neves bridge over the Iguazu River.

Photo 224. Puerto Iguazu. Boarding truck to drive to Guarani Indian village. Schera & I did not go on this excursion. See photos by Ian Stewart.

Photo 229. Puerto Iguazu. Three countries: Paraguay on left. Brazil on right. Argentina in foreground. Ferry from Puerto Iguazu to Paraguay is shown leaving the Iguazu River (on right) & entering the Paraná River. The virtually abandoned Espaço das Américas is seen on the Brazilian bank. See page for Brazil on my website "Peace Monuments Around the World."

Photos 233 & 231. Puerto Iguazu. Hito Tres Fronteras. New monument of 2015 incorporates the old obelisk (left) & replaces the old monument (right) with a shiny metal fountain. See page for Brazil on my website "Peace Monuments Around the World."

Photo 234. Puerto Iguazu. Schera Chadwick at metal pillar (part of the new monument) inscribed "3 nations, 3 identities, 3 cultures, 3 frontiers."

Photo 236. Puerto Iguazu. Sidewalk display of Guarani Indian handicrafts near the monuments. The Indians are sitting in the shade in the background. This is where we bought a handbag for Cynthia Lollis.

Photo 238. Puerto Iguazu. Tropical view from hotel veranda as we waited in a light rain for our bus to the airport in Brazil.

Click here for more Puerto Iguazu photos by Ian Stewart of Wellington, New Zealand.

Paraná State, Brazil

Photo 241. Foz do Iguacu. Countryside shortly after taking off on direct flight to Rio de Janeiro.

Photo 242. Iguazu River. Our last view of Iguazu Falls on the international border between Brazil & Argentina.

Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Photo 250. Rio de Janeiro. Avenida Presidente Vargas in downtown Rio in front of Windsor Guanabara Hotel (where Delta Airlines put us up after cancelling flight 60).

Photo 253. Rio de Janeiro. Our last view of Corcovado & Christo Redentor.

Photo 252. Rio de Janeiro. Favela en route to airport.

Photo 254. Rio de Janeiro. Favela en route to airport.

Photo 256. Rio de Janeiro. Arrival at Rio international airport. Construction underway in preparation for 2016 Olympic Games.

Photo 257. Rio de Janeiro. Food court at Rio international airport. Delta Airlines gave us chits for meals at two Brazilian fast food stands, but most of us preferred to patronize Subway.

After Leaving Brazil

Photo 258. Delta Airlines flight 9930 from Rio to Atlanta. This is not flight 60. It was cancelled & replaced by 9930 which departed 19-1/2 hours late.

Photo 259. Knoxville, Tennessee. Home at last. This is the Ford Focus we rented from Budget at 1:32 am in the Atlanta airport & used to drive home in the rain (223 miles).

Knoxville, Tennessee. This is our old Ford Taurus, our driveway, our house & our peace pole inscribed "May peace prevail on earth" in four languages - English, Spanish, French & Cherokee, to which we should now add "Que a paz prevaleca no mundo" in Brazilian Portuguese.

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