Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
January 2023 • The conundrums of Rio: beautiful and bedraggled, seductive and sinister, intoxicating and sobering. Even with a great host who steers you to the best attractions and venues, the city is a workout of jostling, humidity, and random inconvenience. One thing seems consistent: Cariocas live to have fun. The people here are warm, free-spirited, a vivid mix of race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender. Being among them feels like being at the coolest, most minimally clothed party on the planet.
![Museu do Amanhã](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/brazil-2023/DSCF0233 copy.jpg)
![Catedral Metropolitana de Saõ Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/brazil-2023/DSCF0085 copy.jpg)
![Jardim Botânico](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/brazil-2023/IMG_5454 copy.jpg)
![Pão de Açúcar](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/brazil-2023/IMG_5751 copy.jpg)
![Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/brazil-2023/DSCF1066 copy.jpg)
![Real Gabinete Português de Leitura](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/brazil-2023/DSCF0114 copy.jpg)
![Santa Teresa](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/brazil-2023/IMG_5382 copy.jpg)
![Centro de Referência do Artesanato Brasileiro](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/brazil-2023/IMG_5599 copy.jpg)
![Guanabara Bay](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/brazil-2023/DSCF0272 copy.jpg)
![Teatro Popular Oscar Niemeyer](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/brazil-2023/DSCF1194 copy.jpg)
![Sebastião Salgado, Amazonia exhibition, Museu do Amanhã](https://www.johnmikulenka.com/assets/images/travel/brazil-2023/IMG_5718 copy.jpg)