Yesterday afternoon, myself and the rest of the American exchange students (along with Hannes and Gloria) went to the massive rock\ mountain known as the Sugarloaf. When we arrived, Gloria bought the tickets while the rest of us waited. Luckily, it wasn't very buisy so the wait was tollerable. In order to get to the top of the Sugarloaf, you have to ride a gondola to one platform, then another to the very top of the mountain. After we ascended to the first platform, we stayed there for a while, got some food, and emnjoyed the view. Also, we say a bunch of small monkeys that went crazy for some of the food we baough (see pictures below.)
After this first platform, we took another gondola to the top, and the view from there was amazing. We could see all of the Copacabana and Ipa Nema beaches, and could see almost all of the city of Rio de Janeiro. As well as the view, the sunrise was also spectacular. I don't remember what time we arrived at the top of the Sugarloaf, but it was just at sunset, so the reflection of the sun on the water was brilliant. Also, the silhouette of the mountains in front of the sun was beautiful.
please see the pictures below,
-Tom Crosby
ps. none of these pictures are mine, since i dont have a chord to attach my camera to a computer...
wendy (unauthenticated)
Jun 17, 2010 10:26 AM
Keep those blogs coming...it is so great to see what you are doing! We saw Emily last night at the opening of 'Pippen'; she made it home safe and sound and we got to see some of her pictures. Did you have your face painted for the game?? She had some pretty fancy fingernails!!