we are right under it
i can't believe we're finally here
good morning from rio de janeiro today we're gonna see one of the most famous things in rio
or even in all of brazil so we're excited about that but first we're gonna get some breakfast
all right now we're gonna go to a breakfast place so we're gonna try to get some acai bowls
because we're becoming obsessed with them that's pretty much no we're not becoming we already are
if you've ever wondered what rio de janeiro looks like in copacabana if you're one block from the
beach that's what this looks like so right when you leave the beach it's pretty much a city
and that's part of what makes the rio landscape so interesting
is that the city comes right up to the beach and the
mountains come right up to the city and so you have this crazy landscape with everything
we got this huge acai bowl this isn't even the biggest size that they offer and we're
gonna share it we normally get fruit on it but we forgot to ask for it because it's an extra charge
this is the perfect way to start any day i'm convinced even better than coffee
so we just got our coffees i decided that i didn't need a large coffee so i would just get a small
but look at the size of that this is this one actually isn't that big it's like it's already
kind of a small coffee that that's like bite size you can't even tell really on the video this is
yeah like a normal sized coffee and this is like yeah tiny it's like two sips like a shot glass
i expected it to be just like you know a little bit smaller than that but it's like
a quarter of the size this was a dollar two dollars four dollars and we have more food coming
so we're sitting on the outdoor patio which is fun because you get to see the locals walking by
and do some people watching we can still have some eggs and bacon here for breakfast
when they got a sandwich of some sort look at that cheese ham tomato cheese
and egg and then we got some potatoes so we just finished our meal awesome meal and
we are actually going to start doing the totals of our days at the end of the video so if you
want to see how much traveling costs how much it costs for us we're going to do the totals at the
end we're going to try to do that in every single video so that you guys know how much travel costs
so i'm sure you guys saw from the intro to this video that we're going to christ the redeemer
the most famous statue in south america and one of the wonders of the world one of the
seven ones we didn't get to see machu picchu when we were in peru so we can knock another
one off the list today okay so we're getting an uber to go there and he just sent us a message
because we couldn't find him and he said boom jia and we know what that means because we're learning
portuguese a little bit what does it mean for all the people who might not know
it means hello like how are you good morning good day something like that all right let's get in
so while we're at the stoplight sometimes we'll see these guys
come up and put peanuts or snacks candies on the rearview mirror right there
if you want it you take it and you pay him when he comes by before the stoplight turns green
if you don't want it he just takes it back turn the green oh here he goes
so we just arrived at the base you have to take a tram to go up there
or you can go by bus or walk so it's 145 for two tickets for the train all the way out
that's about thirty dollars total fifteen each not bad to see a wonder of the world
lindsay's first and we're excited because we've heard that chrysler redeemer is even
more impressive in person than it is in pictures pictures don't do it justice because it's so big
and it overlooks the whole city of rio de janeiro it's at the tallest point
in the city so you can see everything from there
okay so if you get in the front which might be
difficult during regular times it was easy for us to get a view like this so you can watch it
so there are three different ways you can get up to chrysler you can take this train like we are
which we heard is the best way to do it you can walk up which would just take more time but it'd
be cheaper but we've heard that there's some pit pocketers and some crime to watch out for
or you can take a bus so we recommend at this time not hiking up there
because there have been no games of course and we're hoping that that changes maybe they'll
bring some police presence there or something but as far as what we've heard now in 2020
uh they haven't done much about it so it's probably not the way to go
plus you get some awesome views and it's a unique way to get up there
so the trim probably took 10 to 15 minutes at least
it seemed like a lot longer than we thought it was gonna be and now you have to take these stairs
here it is we are right under it the fog is covering most of it
we have just made it to the top therefore preserving the health of visitors
to prevent the transmission of the coronavirus please be aware of these rules that you must
follow in accordance with international standards of social studies you feel like you're just
hanging in the middle of the clouds because all around us is just clouds the use of the mask
is mandatory the mask must be used during all visitation and cannot be removed
at any time all the people have their masks off as they're saying
you can barely see rio through there
so from up here you're supposed to be able to see almost all of rio you can see all around you in
360 degrees because we're at the tallest or the highest point because of the fog we can
only get little breaks and see pieces of it but it would be probably the best view of the city
can't believe we're finally here i didn't know if we'd actually ever get here
this is so cool even better in person as we thought it would be
so chrysler redeemer stands about 100 feet tall and 92 feet wide it was completed in 1931. so it's
been here almost 100 years where are we getting there and it's art deco it's the only of its kind
so we're on the top of mount corcovado and that is the highest point in rio de janeiro so one of
the reasons this was built in the first place it was after world war one and it was kind of to try
and reestablish christianity in the area of rio or brazil because it was kind of falling apart
in a way and they thought that by building this this would be symbolic of the catholic
religion that's why they put it at the highest point so that it could be seen all around the
city and it would be very powerful and it could actually affect things overlooking all of rio
so it's a little bit foggy and cloudy right now so we're gonna grab a drink at the little bar
restaurant area right below this and wait for it to clear up hopefully we'll see if we get lucky
guys
so we decided to check around the back because the lighting might be better there and then we noticed
there's actually a chapel here
a chapel inside the statue
so
just old jungle down there
look at this our lunch
is one of the main street foods of brazil so we've had it several times now
how is it up here at a tourist destination like the redeemer double the price it was two dollars
instead of one which is to be expected um it's all right not bad not the best i've ever had but
it's basically just some chicken a little bit of cheese it looks like and a breaded dough ball
and then caipirinha these we usually get for around 10. and this one was 15 so a little bit
more it looks like it'd be good it's pretty good it's very sweet it's sweeter than the other ones
that i've had and i don't think it's as alcoholic as strong as the other ones so pay a little more
get less alcohol so it's not the best but at least they're not really double triple quadruple
the price up here it's just a little bit more expensive so usually these are too strong for
us anyway so i actually prefer this yeah but unless you want to come up here and just chill
out and be up here for a couple hours then i would say maybe eat before you come up here if
you want to save some money but pretty good anyway i just realized this is cream cheese
we've oh had that before oh that's probably i like that we change our mind up here
okay we're done with christ the redeemer that was pretty cool it is huge in person just as
good as you would think it would be so we waited to see if the clouds were clear and they didn't
so after waiting for an hour we figured we'd head out and it was good enough how it was we had a few
openings there where we really saw it but besides that it's just like this and you can kind of see
it but it's mostly just cloudy you can imagine how epic the views would be though on a clear day
where you get 360 views of all of rio de janeiro now we're going to go to a park called lager
something like that we're still not the best we don't know what you're saying right
we don't know but it looks like a cool place uh we don't know much about it but we'll tell you
about it when we find out when we get there but we're on our way now let's take the tram back
so this time we got the very front of the train
we've arrived at lange park so this park is at the foothills of corcovado and corcovado
is the mountain that we were just on previously that's where christ's redeemer is
that's cool we're at the bottom of it right now and you saw on that tram we were going through
all this jungle this is the bottom before all of that we're in the middle of the forest right now
so these are a little different parks than we're used to we really like them in the middle of
the forest lots of greenery not many people here it's peaceful this is a gorgeous part right here
not many people right now probably due to covid we have a little courtyard here some
stairs leading up to this like an escape from the big city when you're in this place
you can see christ's redeemer up there
we didn't know this but apparently you can sit and grab a drink and enjoy this beautiful building
pretty busy in here actually
let's see if it's expensive probably
these burgers
take this good seat here
i was a little hungry so i ordered a snack this is brioche french toast comes with whipped cream
fruit honey and then the brioche bread mango get some of that honeydew melon one of my favorites
you can tell this is going to be good with a view
so now we're in the park around that cafe there
and we're just like in the jungle that's what it seems like here
it's so humid but it feels good it's not hot anymore you have like a jungle breeze in here
so the main attraction of this park is the cafe that we were just at but walking around
not really the cafe but the building what the where the cafe was in is what people like which
is what i meant but uh but actually this walk is awesome this little park or a big park this jungle
i feel like monkeys are just going to jump out at us at any minute there's a little river here
so if you really want to get in some nature when you're in rio
what lindsay just almost fell in some mud and her shoe got a little bit of mud on the side and she's
complaining she's very upset right now i have tan canvas shoes and they're some of the only
pairs i brought so i don't want them to get nasty so take a lesson out of lindsay's book i guess
you should wear mud proof shoes care more about practicality rather than fashion i started wearing
more fashionable shoes because alex said that tennis shoes are not good looking so tennis shoes
yeah these ants are strong
so our elevator has arrived
okay our elevator has arrived so if you really want to get in some nature when you're in rio rio
you