Rio de Janiero
4 December 2007- Tuesday
Rio de Janiero (river of January)
No land in sight at 0600- breakfast followed by return of library book, purchase of a dvd and pickup my passport. Then a lecture on how to pick stocks, very sensible lecture as usual.
At 11am Rio on the horizon and weather great except for clouds on top of mountains, but I think I got a shot of Christ the Redeemer statue in the clouds. Front deck crowded and a little shoving to get pictures- I locked in on the port side because I knew the ship would turn right to get into the harbour and these would be the best photos.- was not disappointed. Everybody is scattering- a lot are going on tours, but I've done all that was interested in before and we are going to have a local samba group for entertainment after dinner. So will spend the afternoon packing instead. Report from Salvador that there were 4 robberies (2 included muggings) so I've not planning to be adventuresome. Bags have to be out of the room by midnite to night and I do need to do some organizing as my Delta flight to Atlanta doesn't leave until 1055pm tomorrow night and we have to vacate the cabin at 0800. We leave the ship at 0930 am and Rosemary says they are taking us to a nice hotel for the day. If it is the same one we did last year it'll be great because it has a private beach and good steaks.- Funny thing about Rio is that the poor have the best real estate for views. The high rises are on the beach, but extending up above them on the mountains are the slums or fahvalos. So this may be the last blog from a far off place- at least for this trip. Will add the last page and try to upload pictures after I get settled in Dayton. Stay tuned.
Rio de Janiero (river of January)
No land in sight at 0600- breakfast followed by return of library book, purchase of a dvd and pickup my passport. Then a lecture on how to pick stocks, very sensible lecture as usual.
At 11am Rio on the horizon and weather great except for clouds on top of mountains, but I think I got a shot of Christ the Redeemer statue in the clouds. Front deck crowded and a little shoving to get pictures- I locked in on the port side because I knew the ship would turn right to get into the harbour and these would be the best photos.- was not disappointed. Everybody is scattering- a lot are going on tours, but I've done all that was interested in before and we are going to have a local samba group for entertainment after dinner. So will spend the afternoon packing instead. Report from Salvador that there were 4 robberies (2 included muggings) so I've not planning to be adventuresome. Bags have to be out of the room by midnite to night and I do need to do some organizing as my Delta flight to Atlanta doesn't leave until 1055pm tomorrow night and we have to vacate the cabin at 0800. We leave the ship at 0930 am and Rosemary says they are taking us to a nice hotel for the day. If it is the same one we did last year it'll be great because it has a private beach and good steaks.- Funny thing about Rio is that the poor have the best real estate for views. The high rises are on the beach, but extending up above them on the mountains are the slums or fahvalos. So this may be the last blog from a far off place- at least for this trip. Will add the last page and try to upload pictures after I get settled in Dayton. Stay tuned.
Labels: Barcelona to Rio
posted by DT at 9:37 AM
1 Comments:
Sounds like you might be home for the holidays...All of your travels and comments are quite entertaining- especially for those of us home with young kids! Hope you get back on the road soon- we really enjoy the postcards and insights. Despite the dangers (like the muggings you describe) it is so uplifting that people travel and not live in the fear propagated in this country after 9/11. Yeah for DR Turk!
Jackie van Dam
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