Niterói is a city across the Guanabara bay from Rio, and to get there you can take a ferry or the spectacular Niterói bridge ...
Once across the bridge life still follows the typical Rio attitude, seemingly at a slower and quieter pace...
On a weekend, the contrast with Ipanema or Leblon beach couldn't be greater...
The main attraction of the day was the Fortaleza de Santa Cruz. It sits on a rocky outcrop opposite Pão de Açúcar, and guards the entrance to Guanabara Bay.
It is an ideal site for cannon to protect the city against against invasion (twice successfully achieved - Dutch & French), and also a great site for posing...
Once inside the fort we realised it probably wasn't a bad place to be stationed...
...unless you're a prisoner
The batteries of cannon were an impressive place to explore (built by the British of course)...
The gunners certainly had some iconic views to check their range...
Enjoying Rio from every angle...
Beijos, Bhavna & Rob
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