Corcovado
Trip Start
Feb 13, 2007
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Trip End
Jul 24, 2007
Rio de Janiero,
Brazil
Monday, February 19, 2007
So to carry on -
Saturday (17,02,07) was quite an easy day - intended to go to see Christ the Redeemer (Corcovado Monument) but was a little cloudy so decided to have another beach day.
The evening however was far more exciting as we were set to go to the Sambadrome for Carnival. This evening was a competition for the Samba Schools wishing to earn there place in next yearīs full Carnival - something like promotion in football, I think.
We had a lot of fun getting there, when our taxi gave up trying to drive us and advised us to walk
Corcovado
. This meant going back on ourselves, so we arrived a little late.We were in Sector 5, the only īGringosī there it seemed. But we had a great time mixing with the locals - absolutely hilarious. The spectacle of the costumes, the music and the passion were astounding.
We left about 0030 and decided to take a cab...as it turned out, the Cab of Death. After I successfully negotiated 5 people in a 4 person Cab for only 15R (about Ģ3.75). Letīs just say all of had out eyes closed and there may even have been tears!
Domingo - 18.02.07
Headed to Corcovado this morning - beautiful, clear day, but temperatures was about 37C - far too hot.
Views across Rio were amazing. The city looks far better at a distance, with itīs beaches, mountain, the sea and high rise buildings. Down in the midst of it all, isnīt that nice.
Anyway - Carnival proper approaches...
J
PS - need to figure how to get these damn pics online!
