The famous Jesus Statue in Rio

  After the meet we took a bus load of about 40 athletes to see the statue of Christ in Rio. It was a fun adventure when we got to the bottom of the mountain the roads were to small for the bus to navigate so we had to take a small van.  After a 10 min ride up we had to switch and take a tour van to the top.  Now the last ride was the scariest part of the trip.  The drivers were flying through the tight curves and you knew that if they missed timed one we were going right off the cliff.  We made it up there and back in one piece.  The view from the mountain was spectacular, you could see all of Rio and it was breath taking.We had a good time taking pictures and helping each other find good angles for pictures.  The statue was so tall that several athletes laid on the ground so you get all the statue and  the person in the shot.  We had a mix of different countries in our group but a good time was had by all.Check out the link for more information,  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_the_Redeemer_(statue)