Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Day 65 : Rio de Janeiro

I was excited as I saw the view of Rio de Janeiro city from the top, and couldn’t wait to arrive. 

Rio from aboveRio from above

After about 2.5 hours flight from Salvador, I arrived at the airport. 

For a big city, I wasn’t too impressed with their airport!  There would usually be a tourist information counter (and usually very helpful and comprehensive) at the main bus station or at the airport in all the other cities I have been to.  But I could hardly even find it in Rio as it was hidden in one small corner, and worse still, it was empty! 

I was stuck trying to find a way to get out of the airport into the city area to find a place to stay.  I was lucky that I managed to get some help from the airport information counter, since they generally do not provide city related information. 

So I made my way towards Copacabana beach on a bus, which took about 2 hours to reach from the airport and then about another hour just to settle down.  What a prolonged time taken to travel!  There goes one day in Rio!

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