Tendo o Grando!! Well, after a rather strenuous 20hours of flights, departure lounges, take-offs and landings, we finally arrived in Rio!! Day 1: Spent the first day chilling, eating and drinking the local beers (which are pretty damned good!!!) Day 2: Booked ourselves on a city tour, which took us to the national park which covers vast swathes of Rio. Trekked to a waterfall, and up to a bat cave, dissapointingly, no bats to see!!! From there, we wemt on to Maracena Stadium, home to some brazil games. See photos. Dressed up in some carnival outsfits to make pratts of ourselves, before dinner in a local resteraunt in Santa Theresa, which is an old calonial village. Most spectacular part of the day, was the view from the top of Christ the Redeemer. The iconic statue at
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