I went back to my room and I saw the disturbing news
regarding the school shooting in Florida.
I was wide awake and I couldn’t sleep.
At about 4am, I called the front office to cancel my planned excursion
to the beach. I finally got to sleep and
didn’t get up until 9am.
I decided I would take a walk outside the port to the Museum of Tomorrow (Museu do Amanha). The concept is to help humans coexist and
sustainability. The opening video takes
place in a dome and surrounds you. Unfortunately,
it was entirely in Portuguese. I did,
however, have a magnetic card that would have many of the displays describe
itself in English.
It was an interesting way to spend the morning.
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The walk along the port corridor has a beautiful mural
representing people from around the world.
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The space where the LRT (Light Rail Transit) was once a
road. It was filled in to make the area
more pedestrian friendly.
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The area along the port is controlled/patrolled by the
national police. Here’s there
headquarters.
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Every few feet you see officers on patrol. There’s lot of work, and I believe the
workers must be those who are incarcerated.
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The port corridor ends at the museum. It’s a very modern design with lots of glass.
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The museum is beautiful and you notice the windows and the
round globe that projects images of the earth.
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The globe display varies with changes in the continents over
time.
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Folks tend to lie down to view the video screens. They are massive.
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Another one of the video exhibits.
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This work of art was striking in that it constantly change
color with the lights embedded in the walls.
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If you have lots of glass, you better have plenty of window
washers. The Prisendam can be seen
docked in the port.
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This is one of the outside artwork displays that overlooks
the harbor area.
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A close up look at the sculpture. I’m not sure what it represents.
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I stroll back along the port area. You can see more workers in heavy
uniforms. Are they convicts? Officers are all around.
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Back past the mural (and street vendors).
They told us in a lecture that it that the mural was the world’s longest (in length).
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Back to my temporary home.
We set sail at 5:30pm (2:30pm back home). I hope to
get the pictures I missed during the arrival later this afternoon.
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