Rolo on Tour

So it was decided that I was going to Rio de Janeiro, the „marvelous city“. And I certainly cannot argue with that name. Staying next to Copacabana Beach (Named after the little town in Bolivia I have also been to) and enjoying some sun I spent some relaxing days there.

Sun is shining, weather is sweet

Of course I did the usual Rio sightseeing:
First I got up the sugar loaf, setting of another famous James Bond scene. Remarkably the portuguese name for that thing is Pão de Açúcar, which means sugar bread.

View of the Sugar loaf

If you want to save some bucks, you can also reach the top doing rock climbing, but I was not that cheap ;-).

View of Rio from the Sugar loaf:
On the left Copacabana beach, on the right background you see the Christ

Of course one of the other highlights of Rio had to be included as well: A visit to the Christ statue, situated on one of the highest spots of Rio. The only problem was that it was so crowded up there, that you could hardly move. Imagine 1000 people around it all doing the same: One guy lying on the floor taking a picture of the other person standing with spreaded arms in front of the Christ.
I saved myself the trouble and just can offer a simple one without me:

Jesus Christ

Another nice area is the neighborhood of Lapa and Santa Teresa.

Show me the sugar loaf

There you will find an interesting piece of art, namely a stairway filled with painted mosaics from all over the world.

Stairway to heaven

The artist Selaron is occupied with that work already for 20 years and is constantly working on it. The stairs are that popular that companies use it for their advertising and singers shoot their video clips here. When I told them I was from Germany they immediately showed me some pictures of German singer Mark Medlock posing on the stairs. It was very hard not to laugh :-).

Also there is a big botanic garden in Rio. I discovered that I do not care too much about the different types of plants shown, but as there were enough animals to spot, it was still a very nice visit:

We like sun and we cannot lie

Nom Nom Nom

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