This adventure ends in Rio

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Rio is a licorice allsorts sort of place in that there is something for everyone. Even the beach is divided into genres, you can choose to sit with the families, the surfers, the gay couples, the pot smokers or the celebrities.

We stayed in the Santa Teresa area which is the arty part of the city. Trams rattle backward and forward, while the shop keepers peddle works of art and large quantities of 'I love Rio t-shirts' the local restaurants make great Caprihrinis and serve even better feijoada, a traditional black bean and pork stew.

Rio has an adolescent, pimpled topography and something new is revealed behind each hill. Colonial mansions, churches musueems and art galleries sandwich the favellas. You can take tours of the favellas, but to my mind it seems slightly voyeristic to pay to view the living conditions of the poorest people in society.

The city was winding down from carnival and bits of streamers hung from lamp posts looking tattered and torn but already bands were practicing for their 2012 contributions. I would love to return to Rio which was a great place to end such a fatastic trip.

This is the last of my blogs as am heading back to Blighty. Thanks to those of your that have taken the time to read them and post comments which have been greatly appreciated.

Abigail and Tom x

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Comments

[Bec]

Fine!
Goodluck with going home. Will be culture shock for a bit. Look forward to hearing from you again soon. Take care Bec

[Tina]

Your travel looked so interesting and one can see that you've enyojed every bit of it :) Now, we hope the goodbye won't be to hard... Have a safe journey back home, bye bye Tina and Jan from Slovenia

[Lindsay]

welcome home
It has been lovely following your travels. I am rather upset there won't be any more of them. When are you back in the UK? Must have a meet up to hear all the adventures