Our first trip in Rio was to "Pan de Azucar". This is a rocky mountain that until today I thought you could only get to by cable car but it turns out there are about 50 different paths to climb it by foot.
Although in the state we were with all the night activities that Javier, the night lord, was pushing us to do plus all the day activities we were doing... we were knackered all the time.
It was great being able to experience both the day and the night in Rio but after 2-3 days your body is asking for a hospital bed and something has to give in, either the day or the night.
From the first rise to the mountain, it is possible to see The Guanabara Bay and The Botafogo Inlet. From the second rise, it is possible to observe a large part of The Santa Cruz Fortress.
The views are fantastic but unfortunately for us, it was a cloudy day, yes you read that right, cloudy. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Summer time and a completely cloudy day. If you can't imagine it, just look at the pictures. Thick clouds all over the sky.
We also had the chance to walk about the centre and see the colonial buildings.
María and Susana couldn't help themselves and as soon as they saw it they run inside and took pictures of everything... they even have pictures taken with some of the firemen inside!
And some more streets and colonial houses
Then we found an amazing library. Check it out. All the bits on the background are old books, the place even smelled old, it was an unbelievable place I didn't think places like still this existed.
We also had the chance to visit the newer part of town with the glass and high buildings
Also had the chance to visit the very modern Cathedral
And finally was time to get the Bondinho back home.
Javier and I also went to the beach but we must have been the only tourist in history to see Copacabana completely deserted. Not a soul on the beach... then started raining and had to take cover so I'm afraid no didn't take any pictures either.
During our time in Rio we also tried most of the typical Brazilian dishes and I can say none of us had a complain about the food in Brazil.
Unfortunately, all good things come to an end and although María and I still had a couple more days in Brazil, Susana and Javier had to return back to Spain.
María and I moved to our new destination, Niterói. We had a wedding the following day, but more on that on the next entry.
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