Bay of Rio de Janeiro at sunset, with the hills and coastline in shadow

Atlantic Corridor

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · Route 00

From Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro along the southern Atlantic coast, with stops in Porto Alegre and São Paulo.

The Atlantic Corridor is travelled in stages: Buenos Aires, Porto Alegre, São Paulo and, at the end, a brief fifty-five-minute hop that brings Guanabara Bay into view.

Airliner seen head-on on the runway at dawn — First leg: departure from Buenos AiresDocumenttemporary image

Rio is best understood from above: the hills reach into the city, the city settles among its hills and the sea appears unexpectedly at the end of every avenue. Below, the calçada of Copacabana brings order to the landscape with its black-and-white pattern.

Porto Alegre waterfront seen from the water beneath a pale sky — Porto Alegre, the corridor’s first stopLandscapetemporary image

Aerial view of the Brazilian coastline from the aircraft window, between clouds — The final fifty-five minutes above the coastLandscapetemporary image

Visual chronicle

Tree-lined avenue in São Paulo with the skyscraper skyline behind — São Paulo, the journey’s urban stopPersonal presencetemporary image

Rock face of Sugarloaf Mountain with the cable-car line and the city below — The hills reach into the cityPersonal presencetemporary image

Calm bay at nightfall with mountains silhouetted on the horizon — Close of the Atlantic CorridorLandscapetemporary image

Cartography

Map of the flight route from Buenos Aires to Porto Alegre, São Paulo and Rio de JaneiroOriginal map retains Spanish and Portuguese labels

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