Thursday, September 11, 2008

More Pictures!


As promised, here are more pictures...
Volleyball and closing ceremonies!

Where's the beach?!? These are at the venues...
A volunteer sits there and yells in a mega phone.
This is the entrance to the volleyball venue.


The mascots outside greeting the spectators.
The one on the right was a little top heavy. :)


Bronze medal game... Cuba's in blue.


And the winner is....


Cheer for the home team!!! The sound was deafening...
I took video, but it just doesn't capture the true feeling there.


This is a bus stop.
I can't even tell you how many bus stops have ads like this.


See the red hats? This is security...we suspect they were asked to tone it down after they came on so strongly around the beginning...because uniforms and personnel became more "undercover"...like they were trying to blend...or...not.


The evening of Closing Ceremonies.
We went to this park to watch on a big screen.
Notice the empty souvenir stalls.
They were never opened. Too many security issues.



But look at the park just a few hours later...it was PACKED!!!


Fireworks went off all over the city. It was amazing, as usual.
Never underestimate fireworks shows here.
Yes, those are fireworks hearts.


The end of the Games... oh wait...
Round 2 just started with the ParaGames. Want to see more?

1 comment:

Linds said...

do you need to ask??? Of course we want to see pics! (or at least I do!) love the "blending in" security- they don't stand out at all...