To kick-off our visit to Rio de Janeiro, a half-day city tour was included with our GAP package. The tour was outsourced to the company called Be a Local, and our guide was nice. We started with the iconic Redentor (in Portuguese), which was recently voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
Unfortunately, we came on a very foggy morning. Though at the base of the statue, the Corcovado Mountain was covered with low clouds at 3,000 feet.
The statue itself stands another 130' tall and can be seen from nearly everywhere through out Rio.
The statue itself was impressive, but I was more wowed by Iguazu Falls. It did offer spectacular views of the pockets of the city nestled at the base of the mountains, when the clouds weren't in the way.
Sadly, one of the best photos I captured just as we were leaving. We could clearly see the statue every other day we were in Rio, but our visit wasn't to be a clear one.
GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: Finished our My Publisher album for our first year and it's ordered.
2 comments:
I've been there too!!!
There's one of those sort of statues in pretty much every major Latin American city. Here in Santiago, we have the Virgin Mary on a big hill. Gotta love it :)
I'm really enjoying all your vacation pictures, it looks so awesome! I'm just sad you didn't pass through Chile and say hello...
What a nice view from the top!
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