City of God, Rio de Janeiro

Rio, with its 10million population, is the third largest city in South America.

Famous for its yearly-held Carnival, Rio is morn than its bad image in movie, The City of God. Modern though relaxing, huge though easy getting around by bus and metro. On the contrary, its beautiful beaches hide danger of mugging and its favela(Slum) is still a problem.

Copacabana beach. As it is famous for robbery and mugging, so I just took my small camera with me.


Old building in the city centre.

Beautiful street in the city centre.

The most famous sightseeings in Rio are definitely the Pao de Acucar(Sugar loaf mountain) and Corcovado where the biggest statue of Christ stands.

The expensive cable car, with the backdrop of the cloudy Sugar Loaf.


Though the weather was nice before I reached the mountain, the Sugar Loaf and the Christ on the opposite direction were both veiled in clouds.


After sunset, if offered spectualar view over the famous Copacabana Bay.



After visiting the Sugar Loaf, a few days later, I went to Corcovado. As the weather over the hill (it is only 710m) was unpredictable, even though the weather of the beach and the city was nice, the hill was heavily surrounded by clouds.

The equally expensive tram to the top of the hill. I find that the government of Brazil is really a money sucker.


With great expectation, even though I waited for 3 hours, hoping the clouds would be cleared. The best glimpse of the Christ was like this.


The top of the hill should offer a 360 degree fantastic view of Rio, but the weather was so bad that even the flower in my hands lost its bright colour.