So we arrived in Rio yesterday afternoon- it’s an hour ahead of Salvador which was a bit confusing.

The air bnb apartment is really nice but the Wi-Fi is a bit intermittent. We had a walk around the nearby shops and bought some food for breakfast and lunch today.

In the evening we just went for some local Brazilian food at a nearby cafe. We had some prawn pie which sounds wierd but tasted delicious.

This morning we got up early to take the van up to see Christ the Reedemer. We were at the ticket office just before 8am when it opened and I made friends with a beautiful cat in the park.

We waited for around 40 minutes in the boarding area before realising we had to actually walk down to the beach to catch the vans to the monument – nobody told us, but we figured it out in the end.

When we did get to the statue itself it was pretty cloudy but we managed to catch the odd moment when the clouds parted and the sun came out.

Unfortunately the clouds also hampered the view down into the city – but I’m sure it’s lovely on a sunny day.

On the way back to the apartment we picked up our carnival tickets for the champions parade tomorrow evening.

Not sure yet what we’ll do tonight but we will probably do the walking tour tomorrow.