City vistas

We had been hoping that Monday would be the day we went to see the world famous new wonder of the world the Christ the redeemer statue.

A heavy night ending at 3 am drinking Caprinhas in our hostel and finishing 2 litres of spirits between 4 was not going to help with a conductive day!

However opening the curtains to the bluest sky we have seen in Rio went some way to helping!

So after some breakfast we set off for the 2 hour walk through the national park up to the statue. Most people when they visit Rio get the train up to the statue we decided to be different.

The 2 hour walk was a bit of a struggle and I had to drag Sarah most of the way!

Upon reaching the top we were greeted with beautiful city vistas that were unrivalled in beauty and clarity.

Now most people when attending Christ the redeemer follow the default photo poses such as sarah imitating the open arms of Christ welcoming the city. However, I was not willing to follow the trend and decided to try a few of my own, admittedly several were stolen from Ricky Gervais.

My particular favourite

I also decided to try to feed Jesus some of my cheese sandwich.

After all the photos and lots of tourists we decided to head back to the hostel to relax.

When we got back to the hostel we had a chat with some friends we had made and the hostel staff and decided that heading to Sugar Loaf mountain while the weather was so good for sunset was a good idea!

This meant a very quick turn around and heading back out to rush across the city to get to Sugar Loaf for sunset.

A van, a bus and some running later we arrived at Sugar Loaf mountain just as the sun was getting low in the sky. We had made the decision that by running to the middle station of Sugar Loaf mountain we could save a bit of cash. This was a mistake we took several wrong turns and unfortunately arrived at the middle station as the sun was setting disaster but still very beautiful.

We then got the telecabin to the top of the mountain saving ourselves £8 pounds (oh dear maybe not worth missing sunset from the top?)

We were now however lucky enough to get vistas of the setting sun and the light coming on through the city. I cannot take credit for all the below photos some come from me and some from a new friends Chris we made. (his are the better ones)

We now had the hour trip home very very tired, but a truly amazing day.

Tomorrow we head for Copacabana!