Rio de Janeiro - a thong way from home

Rio de Janeiro is probably most famous for it´s miles of sandy beaches, tiny costumes, Sugar Loaf Mountain and of course the Statue of Christ the Redeemer on the Corcovado, which is now one of the seven new wonders of the world (definitely not worthy in our humble opinion). For us, the best thing about Rio is it´s unbelievable location, the meeting point of jungle, mountain and coastline.

We have so far spent 3 days seeing the sights. The views from Sugar Loaf are spectacular, Christ the Redeemer is truly impressive (for about 10 minutes) and the beaches are, I must be honest, pretty average. Just in case our male audience is getting jealous I have added an example of the Carioca´s (locals of Rio) beach attire. Yesterday evening 9 of us went off on as sunset cruise from Gloria Marina, which was great, in that it gave us a new perspective and viewpoint of the city.

Today we were going to go off and hang-glide but it´s raining, so don´t panic mom´s, it has been cancelled. Instead we´re sorting out some admin and later will be having a bit of a farewell do. Tomorrow we leave for New Zealand, so bye-bye to South America and to all the mates we´ve made along the way.