Cristo Redentor

Had to go up to say wussup to the big Jesus statue looking over Rio and met some nice Peruvians on the way up. The day was a scorcher and at some point you just get immune to the amount of sweat coming off your body. The views were spectacular -- I swear Rio is just filled with miles and miles of gorgeous beaches.

A bit of adventure twist on the way down. Our guide reversed right into a stone curb and his rear tire went flat. I was lucky enough to have made other friends on the trip up and grabbed a ride down while four locals descended upon the car to put on the spare.

I met up my friends from yesterday (Audry the Aussie and Jackie from the Big Apple) and we chilled out at Barra beach, had dinner at a great spot called Bazzar (just be careful when ordering the bread -- they charged us $25 for "bread" appetizer x 4! we got it removed, but it was tricky because they come over and offer bread like it's free...now you know!), and then met up with some peeps at Boox -- a super trendy lounge with a DJ spinning the latest MJ jams (haha).