Botafogo X V. Redondo

Photos are up!! Fiji and Transit gallery and some pics from Rio so far. Am also keen to see any pictures from home that you can send through.

Last night we went to a soccer game (Botafogo x V. Redondo) with our Ecuadorian friend, Pablo. Caught the Metro (which is the cleanest and trendiest metro I have ever seen). The stadium holds 120,000 people, the crowd last night was only 23,000 but the stadium was still shuddering with the jumping and yelling and drumming and flag waving and flares - I'm suprised it doesn't fall over when Brazil play, it certainly was an amazing spectacle (the crowd more so than the soccer).

This morning involved a 9km hike up to the Christo Redento that overlooks the city. A cement road through thick rainforest with taxis and buses screaming up and down was our walking track - made it to the top had a quick look around and took a few photos and then turned around and walked the 9km back down again. It was actually very cool even though it was 30 degrees and 80 per cent humidity.

Thanks to everyone for the cricket updates - I haven't seen any news since I left (although tried watching some CNN and BBC World this morning but it was constant live feed from the UK with the Prince Charles rubbish.