We travelled 5000 Kms (2.5 days) to get here from Lima. We were hoping that Rio was going to be worth the effort. As it happens, it was!!!
Rio De Janeiro amazed us every day with its beautiful beaches (all 90kms of them), lush mountains, cable car, Jesus statue and aeroplane spotting.....also the heat here is punishing peaking at 36+ degs every day whilst we were here.
We write this blog 1 hour before we catch a taxi to the airport for our last flight back to London.
Somewhere over the northern Argentinian saltlakes on LAN....after travelling through silimar terrain by 4WD in Bolivia, it was nice to see it from the air.
Our bus route from Buenos Aires to Rio.
It got really hot somewhere along the way...this, the temperature in Foz De Iguazu, southern Brazil as we travelled through.
Pretty stormy along the way as well.
Our first impressions of Rio. We took an evening stroll along our local beach upon arrival....wow, what a place!
Christ the Redeemer statue dominates the skyline here.
This was our spot at Copacabana. When its this hot on the weekend everyone hits the beach. We've never seen such a crowded shoreline.
Suvi's in there somewhere!
Stylin'!
Our local beach, Flamengo. Sugar Loaf mountain (of James Bond fame) in the background.
Cycling through the palm trees on our way to the cable car.
Suvi sweating in the distance.
Sugar Loaf time.....sooo hot!
Wondering how Jaws made the jump from one car to another???
Famous piece of movie memorabilia from the film Moonraker......smart!
Back abit!!
I got a sniff of the local airport and got excited!
Savage!
Whilst I was plane spotting (cough cough) Suvi photographed the wildlife on Sugar Loaf.
Copacabana sunset!
Wow....what a city!
Christ!
Redeeming feature of Rio....we had to go!
Great vista's from 710m.
Everyone else was busy 'snapping' the front, so we went to the rear :-)
Arguably, my better side :-)
Our favourite beach in Rio, Ipanema. Finnish mermaid!
The mermaid grew legs at sunset!
Rio....what a place!!!!!!!!!!!!
