Friday, March 6, 2009

Rio in the morning, Manu Chao at night

Being a tourist is hard work. I had only two days in Rio, so I spent one day on a tour of the hot spots. But, unlike many American tourists, I didn´t have much money to spend, so I got the cheap tour. NOT the helicopter-to-the-top tour. All the same sites, but much more hiking and sweating involved. First stop, Sugar Loaf mountain. There are a series of cable cars to the top. We hiked as far as we could, and then took the last car through the clouds to the top. We had this mystical ride up, then the wind swept the clouds away and we had an amazing view. Although, not as good as the view from the feet of giant Jesus.


So it was a long day of touring, then I went straight to the airport to go back to Buenos Aires, where Manu Chao put on an AMAZING show. He and the band were high energy and they performed non-stop for more than 3 hours. I know he was in Brazil before BsAs... he must have brought back some guaraná to keep him going. :)¨próxima estación, Esperanza¨

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