Our first stop on the trip was Rio de Janiero. Rio turned out to be a great city - lots of stuff to see, lots of places just to hang out, very friendly people, and really good food. It definately made my list of place to visit again.
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The view from the apartment we were staying at. Half block from the beach. |
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Ipanema beach on the left, Arpoador beach on the right, the Christ statue is really small in the middle, and Sugar loaf is off in the background on the right |
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Fishing off Arpoador rocks |
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Strolling down Ipanema |
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Does the coolness of drinking out of a Coconut offset the wierdness of the taste of Coconut water? |
We took a couple of Gondolas up to Suger Loaf mountain - a prominient slab of rock 1300 ft high. The mountain is surounded by rainforest. Though a little cloudy when we went up - the views were still great.
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The first gondola going up |
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At the midlevel platform with Sugar Loaf in the background |
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The second gondola - still going up |
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And finally to the top |
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There were these Sagui Monkeys up on the mountains. They were cute but a large group of them started circling us (I guess wanting handouts) and we found ourselves in a tornado of monkeys. |
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The rainforest on the top. |
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When in Italy you eat gelato - when in rio you drink succo. The number of different types of fruit juices seemed infinte. |
There is a cable car that runs from downtown Rio to the hill top neighborhood of Santa Theresa. If you see it coming you just jump on the side – a popular pastime with the neighborhood kids. The resulting chaos and merriment was some of the most fun we had.
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The Cable car |
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A kid doing tricks off the walls of the road. |
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Laura hanging on. |
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We made a couple of friends on the ride |
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Awesome tree we found just walking around |
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A foot-volley ball game after sunset on Ipanema. Its like volleyball but you can't use your hands. |
4 comments:
No, the coolness of drinking out of a coconut does NOT offset the taste. I'll take some orange juice please.
Fun pictures. Thanks for taking the time to share. Talk to you this weekend.
I LOVE the black and white of the rainforest. Great contrast.
hey! looks amazing! That's a big Coke by tha way.
Sweet. I knew Ents were real.
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