Sao Paulo Redux: Jardim Botanico

Back in Sao Paulo after a great trip to Rio, I'm committed to getting out each day and exploring a little more of this gargantuan city. Yesterday, it was two art museums. Today, a trip to the Jardim Botanico (Botanical Garden, who says this blog never taught you anything?). It was a lovely morning: warm and sunny in comparison with the cold and rainy last day or two. I soaked up the sun and enjoyed the time to snap a bunch of photos (surprise, surprise).

 Beautiful landscaping

 A thought-provoking exhibit on electron-microscope images of seeds and spores for this photo-bug

What's the saying? Many stair-cases are in my garden...? Or was it many paths...

 Pretty (interesting) hanging orchid display

 Stand out beautiful

 One giant scary spider.

                                                                       Water lilies abound

 Busy bees

 Captivated by texture

 

Always a fan of a garden with some big old sculptures

 

The highlight of the Jardim Botanico, though, in my opinion, was the kilometer-long walkway through Atlantic rain-forest in the middle of Sao Paulo.  

 A dead relative of who I believe was making the chain-saw noise throughout the forest

 Beware of traffic in the tunnel of bambu

Heliconia

So, a pretty neat morning activity all in all. I wouldn't put it at the top of my to-do in SP list (although I don't know what I would, sorry SP, but you pale in comparison to Rio), but if you have a little time, or are skyscrapered-out it is definitely worth a visit.