My Adventures in Rio de Janeiro - Day 7

On Friday, we met Dennison (a friend of Guy's from church) in downtown Rio for a walking tour. Just a few nights before we had attempted an evening in downtown Rio that we decided was not for the faint of heart. Rio at night was kind of scary. We chose NOT to get out of the car, but instead, drove around for a while and headed home. There was trash in the streets (that was cleaned up by morning) and we saw transvedite hookers (very creepy).

Rio during the day was a very different experience. I never felt unsafe even though the streets were very crowded.

This is Dennison and my Uncle Guy.

This is one of the street vendors in Rio. He was very nice and was kind to show us different exotic fruits.

This is actually a church or cathedral in Rio. We didn't go inside but saw pictures of it later in a book and wished we had. It was very unique.

Dennison, Guy and Lezlea

We rode the trolley and this was one of the views from it.

This is one of the churches that we went inside of. Wow! It was gorgeous. Dennison joked about how depressing it was and it was, but it was very ornate and beautiful inside anyway.

Lezlea and I standing by the front doors of the church.

A view on the inside.

My camera just didn't do this church any justice.

This is Dennison and Lezlea and we are walking thru some of the streets that cars can't go through. I was amazed at how many people there were. I have never seen so many cars, buses and people in one location as in Rio. However, I have also never been to New York or Washington DC. :)