Rio

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We liked Rio but Rio didn´t like us much. We arrived to torrential rain which had caused a landslide blocking one of the main roads and causing many, many traffic jams. Our first challenge was getting from the airport to the hostel. There was a 2 hour queue for buses and the taxis were refusing to take us as the roads were so jammed. We eventually got to our hostel in Ipanema and went to see the beautiful rio beaches and mountains, but the visibility was so bad we could only see clouds and mist and lots of rain. During the rain we did some hopeful bikini shopping, visited the modern art gallery, got v wet and warmed ourselves up with some of the local speciality - caipirinia coctails - lime, sugar and lots of rum! After 2 days of non-stop rain the sun came out and there were indeed beautiful beaches and mountains. However, our travelling curse (Krakow, fog, car crashes etc) continued and our trip to see the Christ the Redeemer statue and sugar loaf mountain were foiled by the blocked road and a shooting which closed the route. We decided to try Rio again later.

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Photos

Rio in the Rain
Sheltering from the rain drinking maggotty beer at a roadside stall...mmm

Rio in the Rain
Sampling caipirinias

Rio in the Rain
Trying to pretend it´s sunny by drinking from coconuts inside

Rio in the sun
Christ the Redeemer ´the big jesus´. We tried to go up the hill but the way up included the tunnel that was blocked by the landslide :(

Rio in the sun
Park Lage with ´the big jesus´ in the background

Comments

[FANCY NANCY]

MISSING MY COTOTE
HIYA HONEY, LOOKING GOOD IN YA PICS. YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ARE HAVING A FAB TIME. I'M SURE YOU ARE NOT MISSING MANCHESTER, WHICH HAS REMAINED GREY SINCE YOU LEFT. I MISSED YOU ON CHRISTMAS EVE.....DID THE USUAL, TGI'S, THEN GRACED BURY WITH OUR PESENCE AND OF COURSE FINISHED THE NIGHT OFF IN STYLE WITH SOME KIND OF POODLE IN A PITTA!!!! NEW YEAR WAS GREAT. WE STAYED AT THE MALMAISON AND WENT TO A MOULIN ROUGE EVENING.......RIGHT UP OUR STREET. GOT CHATTED UP BY AN UNDERTAKER AND GOT 15% OFF ALL FUNERALS!!! OTHER THAN THAT LIFE HAS BEEN RATHER BORING BUT AT THE MOMENT THATS THE WAY I LIKE IT. GOING TO SIGN OFF NOW. STAY SAFE, LOVE YOU LOADS, FANCY XXXX