Hang gliding above Rio de Janeiro must be a wonderful experience. We enjoyed watching this video by two tourists.

I like nature a lot but and I love to know what species I see. However, I did not get much pleasure from bird watching until recently. I mainly knew two kinds of birds: birds that went away before I discovered which species it is and birds that were to far away to see what species it is. In addition, Brazil counts about 1800 species of birds and I thought that it was simply impossible to find a complete guide to Brazilian birds.

But during my last holiday in Brazil, watching birds was great fun! This was because of two new developments. First of all, a nearly complete guide to Brazilian birds was published. And second, the technological developments in digital photography made it possible to create clear, easily enlargeable pictures of birds that can be viewed the same day.