Hello again
Our tour day started with a mountain ride to Corcovado Hill to witness the statue which overlooks and takes care of the city below. 360 degree views at the top, a crowd of snapping cameras yet, a still tranquility and aura which makes you feel quite close to heaven. There is a small chapel at the base of the statue of Christ where people can leave a donation after saying a prayer or taking a photo from the door.
Outside, the sun was hot, even at 8.30in the morning where the temperature was reaching 31 already. If you went on tippy toes, you could touch the clouds and thank heavens we had a small bit of cloud cover to keep the sun burning down on our heads.
After we left the mountain we headed for the nearby townships nested into the valleys with cobblestone streets, concrete walls and decorated windows with wrought iron spanish flavoured villa fronts.
It was nice to travel down through the streets and capture some photos.
We drove through the Centro area which is the home of museums, council chambers, monuments and an awesome cathedral which looks like a concrete honeycomb outside, but inside a cool, spacious, stain glassed cocoon for worshiping.
We also visited the other famous landmark, The Sugarloaf where a cable car actually took us to what felt like being in heaven. As we travelled up through the car the clouds met us, came wafting through the open window and touched our cheeks when we stepped out into the open air. So much to tell, so little time to type here.
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