🇧🇷 Brazil Travel Diary | Brasília, Salvador & São Paulo in 9 Frames
✨ Brasília: Niemeyer's Cosmic Playground 1️⃣ Catedral Metropolitana: Sunbeams dance through floating angel sculptures in this space-age chapel—where "divine" meets disco ball. 🌈👼 2️⃣ Santuario Dom Bosco: That blue glass glow tests every camera's white balance (Leica fans, this is your moment). 3️⃣ Museu Nacional: Shaped like Saturn’s ring—because why not? 🪐 4️⃣ TV Tower View: A brutalist utopia so hot even homeless people avoid it (bring water!). Pro Tip: Spot the F-39 fighter jet (Brazilian-made, Swedish brains) at Independence Day exhibits. ✈️ 🌊 Salvador: Where Gold Meets Grit 5️⃣ Igreja de São Francisco: Baroque on steroids—Chinese porcelain + 400kg gold = Portugal’s colonial flex. 💎 6️⃣ Balé Folclórico: Afro-Brazilian capoeira meets samba in a hip-shaking history lesson. 💃 7️⃣ Barra’s Contrast: Favelas cling to hillsides while yachts bob below—Brazil in one glance. WTF Moment: Airport baggage handlers use tractors because "efficiency". 🚜 🏙️ São Paulo: Art & Anarchy 8️⃣ Pinacoteca: A crumbling palace reborn as Brazil’s coolest gallery. 🖼️ 9️⃣ "Independence or Death!": The iconic painting (and the actual creek where it happened—just 600m away). Sip Like a Local: Caipirinhas with cashew pulp (game-changer!) at Michelin-starred Fitó. 🍹 #BrazilUnlocked #ArchitectureGeek #CulturalWhiplash