Brazil is rightly famous for its beaches. This will give you a very brief sampling as to why.
June 15, 1995
This is one of the more famous beaches in the state of Espírito Santo, Meaípe. The landlocked residents of the state of Minas Gerais flock here in the summer to enjoy themselves. As you can see, it's just as nice here in the dead of winter
June 15, 1995
Here we are on our honeymoon in Espírito Santo at a beach called Ponta da Fruta near the state capital, Vitória.
June 20, 1995
Mércia relaxes on the beach at Trancoso in the state of Bahia near Porto Seguro. It took us about an hour and a half on a dune buggy from Porto Seguro, but it was worth every jolt and the bruised tailbone.
June 25, 1995
Mércia (who never before expressed a desire to model) relaxes in a fishing boat in Mucuri, the southernmost coastal point in the state of Bahia. Her family has been coming to what used to be a quaint fishing village with no electricity since 1975. Now it's a bustling town with eucalyptus forests nearby to feed the maw of Bahia Sul, a paper products company. It's also crawling with tourists in the summer, as you can imagine.
June 25, 1995
Despite the fact that it is crowded in the summer, Mucuri still has its quiet charms.
August 20, 1996
This is a view of one of Rio de Janeiro's most famous beaches: Copacabana. The view is from the rock in Guanabara Bay known as Sugarloaf or Pão de Açucar.
August 20, 1996
Here we are at Barra da Tijuca, a neighborhood of Rio De Janeiro that looks much more like Miami. Nevertheless, the beaches are lovely and the water the last time I was there (December 1999, January 2000) was very clean. The photographer obviously wanted to demonstrate what parallax is.
August 02, 1998
This is your humble author at Boa Viagem, the main beach in Recife. It's a little on the tourist side (reminding one more of Miami than Brazil), but it's a great place for people watching.
August 04, 1998
Mércia enjoys a tranquil day on the Island of Itamaracá near Recife and Olinda in the state of Pernambuco. Other than the residents that day we were the only people on the beach.
August 07, 1998
This is a beach in the state of Bahia on an island that sits in the Bahia de Todos os Santos (Bay of All Saints) near Salvador.
August 07, 1998
Mércia enjoys the warm water (in the middle of their winter) at the beach at Ilha dos Frades (Island of the Monks), another islanad in the Bahia de Todos os Santos.
January 01, 2000
This is Prainha (Little Beach) a popular surfing destination outside Rio de Janeiro.
January 03, 2000
This is the famous Itaúna beach in Saquarema, a small town in Rio de Janeiro state about three hours from Rio de Janeiro city in a region known as Região dos Lagos (Lakes Region). The national surfing championship takes place here and while lovely, the surf is strong and the water is coooooold. For the hydrophobic, there are places outside town that offer horseback riding through forests and farms.
August 10, 2002
This is a beach in a neighborhood of a town called Vila Velha in the state of Espírito Santo. Surfing and bodyboard contests take place here and about a quarter mile from here is where I will retire - not soon enough, unfortunately.
