We are now nearing the end of our vacation and today we visited one of the iconic landmarks of Rio; the big statue of Christ on top of the mountain known as Christ the Redeemer. We bought our train tickets yesterday in a Rio mall for a train ride at 12:40 pm so we showed up at 11:45 am! Every train was sold out until 5:00 pm so we were lucky to have a ticket. The train is small, only two cars, and they go up the mountain every 20 minutes... This train reminded the cog train of Pike's peak in Colorado Springs! We ran into American and French tourists and off course many others... The place is packed with people... The train ride took us through some forest on the way up... Once on top, the views of Rio were just spectacular! It is a must for any visitor to Rio to stop by this place to really enjoy he views and the scenery around Rio... It is not enough to see it on TV or on the Internet, being there, if you can afford it off course, is a whole different experience! It is wonderful...
Here are few pictures from today....
View of the Lagoon and Ipanema and LeBlon beaches
View of the sound side of Rio with all the mountains
View of the tourists at Christ the Redeemer, Sugar Loaf and Botafogo bay can be seen is a distance
The famous statue of Christ the Redeemer
Everyone plays the Redeemer on top and so did I :)
View of Copa from Christ the Redeemer
View of Maracana stadium
View of the entire downtown and Bay Area
View of the giant statue from the back
View of the statue from the city below
