Rio de Janeiro, Brazl

Olympic 2016 was held in this beautiful city. At the time, more news reported are very negative - robbery, pick pockets, dirty and polluted, even famous swimmers reported they have been robbed. I did not see that place is dirty. Of course, I do not like to meet pick pockets or robbers. Common sense is to visit in the daylight time, downtown area, tourist area, do not bring too much cash, do not wear valuable jewelries, go with friends if possible, etc. It is like European cities - Rome, Barcelona, Paris, London, Amsterdam etc., you have to watch out your important stuff. For my trip, I only walk out from cruise ship with ship passenger card and a photo ID with little US cash.

Rio harbour is very beautiful. My trip cruise director said Rio is his most favouriable harbour. Sydney used to be my most favouriable harbour, now, I believe I love Rio.

Entering the harbour:

 Sugarloaf mountain is on the back, a plane took off from Rio airport

Do you agree this harbour is very beautiful? Do you see debris floating?

Cruise terminal area:

 It is on a Sunday afternoon, very quiet on the street.

Carnaval was just over, but the city still gave us a special performance

The next day, March 6, one excursion trip with cruise line. Major interesting points - Sugarloaf mountain and the  Status of Jesus the Redeemer

 
City Drive from terminal to Sugar Loaf mountain

 Sugarloaf Mountain
Sugarloaf is from the following explanation from Wikipedis -
A sugarloaf was the usual form in which refined sugar was produced and sold until the late 19th century, when granulated and cube sugars were introduced. A tall cone with a rounded top was the end-product of a process that saw the dark molasses-rich raw sugar, which was imported from sugar cane growing regions such as the Caribbean and Brazil, refined into white sugar.

The cable car goes from a ground station, at the base of Morro da Babilônia, to Morro da Urca and thence to Sugarloaf's summit. Here is the base.

 From cable car window look out.

Morro da Urca platform

Old type cable cars

 Cable car to summit

 Now, we can see the famous Copacabana beach

 Top of 2nd stage cable car station

Christ the Redeemer
Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by the Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with the French engineer Albert Caquot. Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida fashioned the face. The statue is 30 metres (98 ft) tall, not including its 8-metre (26 ft) pedestal, and its arms stretch 28 metres (92 ft) wide.

The Corcovado Train is a rack railway in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, from Cosme Velho to the summit of the Corcovado Mountain at an altitude of 710 m (2,329 ft). The summit is known for its statue of Christ the Redeemer and its views over the city and beaches of Rio.

Base train station Cosme Velho

 Elevator to the top of the statue. Here is the train stop to get back to the ground.

 Our lunch - Brazilian Barbecue - meat is very tough. It could be uncertified meat because currently there is a news about Brazilian uncertifed or rotten meat for export.

 Subway station

 Copacabana beach

 Brazilian thong bikini

 2017 Canaval location

Sailaway from Rio

 Copacabana beach