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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec 2001 Photo Gallery  

City & Corcovado

 Angra des Ries Hang gliding Sugar loaf Back to reality

THE CITY & CORCOVADO

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View from Sugar loaf:
Right - city center
Left - Copacabana

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View from Sugar loaf:
Further right to before

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City Council 

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Copacabana beach 

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Another view 

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North side of the city - 
lots of favelas... 
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Towards the statue on Corcovado mountain

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Impressive!
(and light clouds add to the spectacle)

ANGRA DES RIES

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On the way to Ries

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Memorial to Ayrton Senna in Ries

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Anastacia I -
Our boat for the day

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Ries coastline

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Ries coastline again

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And some more
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Eco-island 
(here we "swam with the fish")

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Eco-islands

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Another island

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One of many secluded beaches for romantic getaways...

HANG GLIDING

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View of the city from the ledge

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Instructor 
Paulo Cellani

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Me on the ledge with kite and assistant

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HERE WE GOOOO!

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Gee ... those trees are might short from up here!

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Side view (and of the camera on kite)
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WOW - the view is breathtaking!

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No breath to comment on this one. :-)
(Way back in the center of picture is Corcovado)

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Just beautiful and unique!

 Now some shots with the  camera on kite 
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Flying over forest 
(waving to the assistant)

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Over the city 

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And the beach.

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Heading for the ocean crossing  :-) 

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Marking our landing spot.
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Final approach 
(fasten seat belts, straighten seats ... :-) )

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Touchdown!!
(NB: Those track marks are not form our landing gear :-) )

 That's it! - Pack up and head back up the mountain for another one!!

Thanks Paulo - it was beyond words. 

SUGAR LOAF HIKE

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Sugar loaf mountain

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Short walk along the coast to the base of the mountain.

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At the foot of the climb with guide Miguel
(note the steepness of the rocks we climbed)

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First negotiate some heavy vegetation...

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And then steep rocks!

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Just worming up!
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The wall - now the fun begins - rock climbing!

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Here we go... 

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...Already halfway up...

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YES!
A bit bruised and high on adrenalin. 

(See, we don't need dope to get high ;)  )

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A bit further up - awsome sightseeing 
(Copa in the back)

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And the top - 
here again with Copa 
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and here with Rio in the background 

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View back towards the summit from the cable car

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On the way down we met some monkeys...

 

 Thanks to Paulo Cellani, Miguel, Rafael
 and Gabriel!

www.riohiking.com.br

BACK TO REALITY

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The flying machine! 
(Boeing 777)

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Getting in position... 

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Gathering speed...

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We're off!

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View of the beach

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And some more
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Clouds down south look much similar to those up north! ;-)

 Epilog

After some 14 air hours, on 23rd December  we arrived back to Christmasish Glasgow,  completing the zig-zag journey up-and-down and around the globe in just under a month! 

What's next?   Australia & New Zealand but before that another trip to US in 2003
 
Web editor: Bostjan
Last update: January 2002