Friday, April 28, 2006




Museum of Caraguatatuba, gardens


Church of Santo Antonio of Caraguatatuba, SP





Rainforest and the little river in the valley




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Views of Martim de Sá beach, Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo State. A lot of coconut trees ( Cocos nucifera L. )



some trees



solitaire trees



Wooden parot watching you and Azulejos (azulejos @ http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azulejo , http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azulejos )


Chapéu de sol ( Terminalia catappa L ) This tree protect against the strong sunlight




Some more holiday houses and villas. Note the papaya tree ( Carica papaya L. ) in front of the yellow house

Thursday, April 27, 2006





specie of Eucalyptus



Easy to buy ... just a small garden shop



A nice surprise. Just looking around and I saw this wild cotton variety!


In the valley that drains the rainforest in those mountains around the town, another Sibipiruna showing it´s yellow flowers


At this a lot of Sibipirunas ( Caesalpinia peltophoroides ) were flowering on the rainforest that covers the mountains around this coastal town, Caraguatatuba
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibipiruna



Not so far from Sao Paulo, there are a lot of small coastal villages by the sea with weekend houses.



Trees in a pizza bar



Trees on the street


Urban Landscape near Sao Paulo downtown with some native and foreign trees


Royal palm trees Roystonea oleracea around Sao Paulo Cathedral, in Sao Paulo city





Scenes from a suburban domestic garden