Parque Henrique Lage Rio de Janeiro

Yes ladies and gents Crag and I have finally arrived...in Rio!!!

We arrived in Rio in the evening and when we finally got to the hostel I started to feel a little homesick so we went out to get a Mcdonalds to make ourselves feel at home! Can't beat the golden arches!

After that though we were away and took in the sights of Rio and …

Ola,

This is my first ever blog post so please bare with me, Garry is better with words than I am in English and now Portuguese ;-) and I tend to ramble - sorry.

Thursday 7th - We had a beach day on Ipanema even though the sun was not shining. It was an overcast day but still in the 30's. We set up camp and started people watching …

Heute begleitete mich die Sonne auf meinem Streifzug durch Rio. Momente soll man nutzen, daher bin ich zu Christo Redentor mit der Zahnradbahn gefahren. Die 30m Statur ist eines der 7 Weltwunder, liegt auf einem Berg von 700 m und man hat eine schöne Aussicht auf Rio und den Zuckerhut.
Danach ging es zum Botanischen Garten mit vielen tropischen …