The Corcovado

So once we had whiled away a few hours on the Copacabana our merry group went their seperate ways. The soccer enthusiasts had organised some tickets for the afternoon match at the Maracana stadium, which used to be the biggest soccer stadium in the world. The biggest now being in Belo Horizonte. I have no interest in soccer so I made my way back to the ship and picked up my tour bus to0 The Corcovado. This is the mountain with the famous statue of Jesus on it.

It was a beautiful afternoon and I was looking forward to taking some magic photos from the top. We met up with another group of mates from the ship and waited in the que. We got our coach and started the trek to the top. There is some awesome tropical forests which are part of a national park in Rio surrounding the mountain.

When we got to the top the unthinkable had happened

J.C

A lone cloud had gathered over the top and completely obliterated our view of the statue and of the city of Rio De Janeiro. We were all gutted. Spent an hour waiting for the clouds to clear and just when we were waiting on line for the coach down there was a break in the clouds and We got a few hurried photos...

So we did manage to get a few good shots and all in all was a great day. I reckon is Rio is right behind Cape Town in the beauty stakes.