Day 67 : Ipanema and Surroundings

It is another gloomy day outside, but at least it stopped raining by late morning.  So I headed out towards Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas. 

 

It is a huge lagoon and on a clear day, one would have been able to see Corcovado and the statue of Jesus Christ. 

Unfortunately it was still rather cloudy when I got there, and did not manage to see the statue.  Its been 2 days since I arrived in Rio and yet I still have not managed to see it.  Nevertheless, the view of the lagoon and the mountains were really picturesque!

I walked towards Ipanema beach, which was rather deserted due to the bad weather.  This is suppose to be one of the nicest beach in Rio and with the nice fine sand and long coastal line, I think it would be a great way to spend some time in Rio on a sunny day.

Not much more that I could do on a cloudy day outside, though my friend Pedro gave me a quick tour of Rio on his motorbike in the late afternoon, which gave me a quick snapshot of what to look out for and enjoy in Rio. 

Now I am just hoping that the weather would be much better tomorrow!