Hotel: Windsor Plaza, Cococabana, Rio
at 10:30, we were taken by the canoe to meet a rep from the Manaus office of Tropical Resort. He would take us by taxi to the airport and get us checked into our flight to Rio.
Actually it was two flights - one to Brasilia, then a connection to Rio. The rep stayed with us until we had to go into the departures area. Stupidly, I had packed a small bag of utilities in my bag which included a ceramic knife and a small pair of scissors. The woman on the security lined didn't look impressed. Of course, the knife was confiscated but she let me keep the scissors. They don't worry about liquids on the internal flights. There were even people getting on the plane with cups of soft drink.
Snacks on the LATAM internal flights are inevitably a drink of some kind and a small sort of roll with some ham or/and cheese in it. I haven't eaten any of them yet. My stomach has been complaining for the past day or so and I am hoping I haven't managed to get a case of Travellers' Diahorrea! I have been reasonably careful but it was hard to resist eating salad and I drank the water from the 100m well at the Eco Resort. Foolish.
It was about 8pm when we finally got to Rio and were met by a Cosmos rep who took us to our hotel, again by taxi. Our guide would meet us tomorrow. She said that there were 18 people on this tour, 14 in one group weren't arriving until tomorrow night! Which left us and another couple already there.
We walked the two blocks to Copacabana beach for a quick look. The beach volleyball stand seems to be in the process of being disasssembled. The same black and white river pattern that we saw in the square at Manaus is all along the beach promenade.
The Cosmos rep had given some warnings about not having flashy jewellery, not being obvious with cash or cameras or phones, not going into dark areas off the main streets. Daunting.
We wandered back and had hamburgers at a small cafe that seemed popular. The food is pretty cheap here.
at 10:30, we were taken by the canoe to meet a rep from the Manaus office of Tropical Resort. He would take us by taxi to the airport and get us checked into our flight to Rio.
Actually it was two flights - one to Brasilia, then a connection to Rio. The rep stayed with us until we had to go into the departures area. Stupidly, I had packed a small bag of utilities in my bag which included a ceramic knife and a small pair of scissors. The woman on the security lined didn't look impressed. Of course, the knife was confiscated but she let me keep the scissors. They don't worry about liquids on the internal flights. There were even people getting on the plane with cups of soft drink.
Snacks on the LATAM internal flights are inevitably a drink of some kind and a small sort of roll with some ham or/and cheese in it. I haven't eaten any of them yet. My stomach has been complaining for the past day or so and I am hoping I haven't managed to get a case of Travellers' Diahorrea! I have been reasonably careful but it was hard to resist eating salad and I drank the water from the 100m well at the Eco Resort. Foolish.
It was about 8pm when we finally got to Rio and were met by a Cosmos rep who took us to our hotel, again by taxi. Our guide would meet us tomorrow. She said that there were 18 people on this tour, 14 in one group weren't arriving until tomorrow night! Which left us and another couple already there.
We walked the two blocks to Copacabana beach for a quick look. The beach volleyball stand seems to be in the process of being disasssembled. The same black and white river pattern that we saw in the square at Manaus is all along the beach promenade.
The Cosmos rep had given some warnings about not having flashy jewellery, not being obvious with cash or cameras or phones, not going into dark areas off the main streets. Daunting.
We wandered back and had hamburgers at a small cafe that seemed popular. The food is pretty cheap here.
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