Day 11 - Sunday March 13

Another early morning... We departed for Rio around 5:30am.


Rio: An amazing yet slightly overwhelming city. We mostly toured the city by bus as celebrations from Carnival were still going on. Apparently in Rio, after Carnival ends, the city celebrates the winner of Samba for 7 days. There were parades and people dressed up! It was much fun to witness from the inside of the bus. Most of my pictures come from inside the bus.

One of the most amazing parts of Rio was going up to the Christ statue. We took a train ride up there. Even though I am not a spiritual person, the huge statue of Christ in the middle of the fog was quite... effective. 

The view of the city, despite the fog, was quite amazing as well.

It was after this that my body started telling me it was tired. Although missing some of the sites, I was satisfied with sleeping in my seat. 


Finally... we started our journey home.