10m Today it was our chance to cover the other icon of Rio; Sugarloaf mountain. We got picked up at 9 and headed straight there in order to try to avoid the queue and most of the crowds, just as well. The line was already starting when we arrived and Rio have done amazing work on increasing the volume of people that can take the two cable cars to the top from 113 to well over 1200 per hour. It has been running since 1912 and seen a number of changes to the passe...

10m Arriving at Rio airport, it took us a while to get to immigration as it is a long airport, and then a while to get through immigration as 5 flights landed at roughly the same time. Baggage and customs was easy, and we emerged into 30 degree weather to be met by Nenad, our Serbian guide for the next couple of days. The drive into Rio takes about an hour, and we drove down a major highway, with black vultures perched on virtually every second or third light po...