Rio de Janeiro

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We left Iguassa Thursday afternoon and arrived back in Rio late. Rio has two airports, and this time we came into the domestic airport. It was only when we saw the airport from the top of Sugar loaf mountain that we realised why the plane had breaked so hard on landing - it's a really short landing strip!

We went to Sugar loaf on Friday.

We had late nights Saturday through to Monday, enjoying the Carnival - I'll add those pictures on the next blog.

We went to Corcovado where the Christ the Redeemer statue is on Wednesday.

Thursday was beach day, and Friday was travel home day.

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Photos

Sugar Loaf
View from Vermelha beach

Sugar Loaf
At first cable car station

Sugar Loaf
Derek

Sugar Loaf
My favorite little monkies in the wooded area at the first cable car level

Sugar loaf
The cable car to the top. Copacabana beach is the stretch of coast line on the left hand side

In the distance...
A bit too hazy to see the Corcovado

From Sugar loaf
Not so much haze on this side, looks a bit up market..

Fom Sugar loaf
Just a bit too hazy to makeout the airport?

From Sugar loaf
A hazy view of Rio

Ipanema Beach
Can you see a space?

Ipanema Beach
Found a gap in the crowds

Corcovado
13 strorey high Christ the Redeemer

View of the airport..
..from the top of the Corcovado

View from Corcovado
View of Sugar loaf haloed in cloud

Christ the Redeemer
He took 10 years to build.

The Jockey Club
View of Rio's race track

View from Corcovado
Rio

Copacabana Palace Hotel
Not the hotel we stayed at I hasten to add. We tried to get a table for diner, but couldn't.