Many thanks to all the people who have sent warm comments or emails wishing me well since last entry.
Ive been taking it fairly easy. Thurday and Friday were mostly taken up with visits to a series of xray centres and head specialists. I had a minder, Jose, to take me around by taxi and i did get to see bits of Rio on the way round.
The good news from these visits is that I am OK to fly again and my flight to Buenos Airies is fixed for Wednesday morning. Ill have just 2 nights in BA now before flying home on friday arriving in London on Saturday, albeing well.
On Saturday, yesterday, I managed to take in a city tour. This involved a trip by cog train up to the large Jesus statue on top of a mountain called Corcovoda, and to the top of the Sugar loaf montain by cable car. As the weather was a bit like a English bank holiday the views of Rio were mostly obscured by the clouds. Other places of interest were Copocabana and Ipanema beaches. But as it was cold and drizzling there wasnt one bikini on view.
The 2007 Pan American games are actually on in Rio currently. While it isn´t entirely dominant on the streets, except on TV, there is a bit of a buzz about the place. I haven´t been very adventurous but did get out the other night to an old German restaurant called Bar Luiz, first opened in 1887 .
There is no photographs to add now as i lost my camera and small rucksack during the incident last weekend.
Look forward to seeing and speaking to many of you soon.
4 comments:
Good news, hope you have a good few days and can put the 'incident' behind you and remember all the fantastic days on the trip... there's a lot of envious people around.
Dennis
Hi Paul,
Glad you have managed to see a bit of Rio despite the incident last week. Shame about the weather as the views (and the bikinis!) are quite something over there. Enjoy the last leg of your trip to Buenos Airies - you should be back just in time for the start of the British summer.
Felicity
Only heard about this today from Lynette. Glad to hear you are now safe and feeling better.
Chrissie x
All the best from Tom and Catherine on the train on way to Dundee (hence short message) We are thinking about you lots Xx
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