Rio for Christmas

Oldnick
Sat 28 Dec 2002 19:14
Hi everyone, sorry for the delay in getting this entry up but the last thing on our minds on arrival in Rio was email!
 
We arrived in Rio on Christmas morning. It was an awesome approach - the wind had died the previous evening and we motored the last 60 miles along the coast to pass through the entrance of the bay around dawn. It was amazing to see in real life those landmarks of Rio that we had all seen so many times in pictures.
 
Currently we are moored alongside in the Marina Da Gloria which is a small marina right by downtown Rio. This is a great place from which to explore the city and because of the recent devaluations of the local currency we can take taxis everywhere for little cost. In fact everything is amazingly cheap here at the moment and we are living it up!
 
The passage from the Canary Islands can only be summed up as awesome. We had fantastic weather and made fantastic time. To average 150 miles per day over the whole passage was excellent and we only hope to have a similar passage to Cape Town!
 
We aim to leave here around January 3. Happy New Year to everyone - we'll be on Copacabana Beach! 
 
 
                               Christmas Day in the bar