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Along the famous mosaic promenade Wanderers in the allotments of Paradise Tourists and local crowds mix and match Idyllic surrealist odyssey in a neverending holiday Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery
Street vendor selling the high-calorie fares Ideal diet when you are leaving the beach And you are not planning to come tomorrow The heat of the night, the legendary mosaic pavement The sweetness of a midsummer dream… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery
The purple and cyan dusk moment at Copacabana Beachgoers stroll and jog along the promenade The tradewinds breeze brings some fresh air from the sea The MacDonald joint neons flicker as the smell lingers Tropical twilight magic broken by the colony… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery
The clouds, like some giant white Narcissus Contemplate their image in the Ocean Moved by their own beauty shed a few tears Shooed away by the trade winds, harassed by the birds Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery
The magical moment in a magical place At the purple hour of a post tropical sunset Giant clouds strike the pose as tourists wrap-up souvenirs From a passing car, the dream unfurls like an enchanted scroll Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery
Everything you read as a kid in the fairy tales Will come true one day, somewhere in the world And you will live an exotic adventure like a dream Long beaches, coconut trees, tradewinds and tropical clouds Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery
The day wanes away while boys build sandcastles in Paradise Tourists marvel at such a beautiful day in such a beautiful place In the distance, a cumulonimbus explodes like an atom bomb The tropical delights of the Bikini Atoll test come to memory The day of forever is only at a flick of a button […]
Passersby wait to cross a Copacabana Avenue Day to day life on the Paradise backstage Magic of the ordinary is still magic in its own right Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery
The evening storms rise over the ocean And the clouds dance like waves in the sky An island with a lighthouse, a few frigates fly Here is one of the many Gardens of Eden that the legends tell Photo Hugh Ardoin The America Gallery
The paradise on earth slowly settles into the night The Ipanema girls and Cariocas have all left now Gone dancing the samba and cha-cha all night While the petrels and sandpipers reclaim the beach Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery