Fortaleza streets

Street views of Fortaleza, Brazil

On a bus tour through Fortaleza, there are opportunities to snap pictures of things that pass by the windows. If the bus is not moving too fast and the objects are not too close to the bus, the pictures will not be too blurry. The other challenge is to avoid the reflective glare off of the windows. Sometimes the windows are not very clean and rain does not clean them very well. Here is an example of what might be seen.

Fortaleza is a modern city with cars, buses, motorcycles, concrete towers, signs and overhead power wires.

Near the port, construction continues to improve the neighbourhood. The sign reads: – urbanizacao da encosta do conjunto santa-tereza bairro cais do porto – It is in Portugese and translates to: Urbanization of the hillside of the Santa-Tereza neighbourhood of Porto.

Here is another interesting place. The field is covered with what looks like railroad ties and the building has an unusual design with a large part of the building protruding out over the ground below. The question is what is that used for? It is the Castelo Branco Mausoleum, the mausoleum of the first president of the 1964 Revolution.

In earlier posts, I have mentioned the Alencar Theatre and the shopping. Below are pictures of the open-air shops that are set up in Alencar Square. In the first one, the Alencar Theatre is the lighter coloured building on the extreme left edge of the picture.

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While riding back to the port we saw these bright eye-catching colourful sights.

For part of the ride through the city, we seemed to have a police escort at our side. I believe it was just a coincidence. At one of the stops, they had their own special tactical force stop in to check out the food.

Tripadvisor rates the Pirata Bar at 4.5 out of 5 and ranks it #46 of 954 in Fortaleza.