Sunday, February 3, 2008

I´ve seen the future...

And it´s in the past!

Recently, I visited Brasilia, a city designed in 1956 by the country´s pre-eminent architect, Oscar Niemeyer (and a few others). Since then, many new buildings have been constructed, but they all have his distinctive 1950´s future style.

I visited many sites during my 10 hour visit, including the national congress - a building that is seemingly unchanged since it was originally built and decorated - i.e. even the chairs are 100% vintage!

This visit was conducted between an 11 hour bus ride and a 23 hour bus ride.

The shower I took upon my arrival in Campo Grande was simply spectacular!

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