Since Rio is a very special city - it must be true that the Creator did NOT rest on the 7th day, but he was working on the landscape of Rio - we decided to write our journal of Rio in a special format.
Important Note: the list is NOT ordered by importance but by the order we did these!
Important Note: the list is NOT ordered by importance but by the order we did these!
The Top 10 of Rio:
We started our 9-day stay in Rio with one if not the most famous sights:
But before going up, we took a walk in the trendy neighborhood of Urca just below Urca and Sugarloaf mountains
where we took a snack at the Urca Bar - recommended to us by our carioca friends and frequented almost exclusively by cariocas. We did not manage to blend in, but we did manage to get some very delicious snacks and some caipirinhas the way the locals (cariocas) have it: with lots of cachaça and lime and not too much ice.
After handing around at a beach just below Sugarloaf mountain, we took the two-stage cable car up:
The first cable car takes you up Urca mountain from where you already have an incredible view on the city - unfortunately it was a little foggy :-(
and the city-beaches around: here Botafogo and Flamingo and the business district at a distance (left to right):
The second cable car zooms you up Sugarloaf mountain rising majestically behind
Unfortunately by the time we got up, the clouds started to close up the sky, but nonetheless, the view was still amazing, and we managed to get a few nice shots:
As the clouds completely gathered around Sugarloaf mountain, we went back to Urca mountain to enjoy the view after sunset, and take some night-time photos of Rio, where the fog and clouds that annoyed us so much before made these photos even more spectacular - and also Christ the Redeemer on top of Corcovado made his appearance from time to time:
All photos from Rio de Janeiro
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