Rio

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16th April - 20th April
First day in Rio I took in a few tourist hotspots- Christ the Redeamer (really strange as there is an escalator and lift up to it!), the tiled steps at Lapa where we met the Chilian artist who made it, Santa Theresa the old-style artistic quarter, the cathedral and finally went up to Sugar Loaf to see the sun setting. Rio looks absolutely amazing from up there. Second day I spent a bit of time on Copacabana and Leblon beaches- again just stunning panoramics, then went to a boat party at night (very touristy though!). Next day went with a charity to see a favella. This was by far the most interesting thing I did in Rio, it´s just extraordinary how people manage to live in conditions like that. The favella we visited had over 300,000 poeple living there (and there are more than 1,200 favellas in rio alone). Met a lot of the local kids who just wanted their photograph taken all the time! Rio is a really cool city during the day but I didn´t really enjoy it at night- very touristy and a lot of English people there just to go out drinking.

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