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Friday, February 28, 2020
The Antics of Renegade Politicians
Saturday, February 15, 2020
High Tea with Ex-Classmates Lok Yuk School KK
Friday, February 14, 2020
Amsterdam in Three Hours
A tour of Amsterdam in Netherlands is not part of the original itinerary of the South America Tour. However, with a long transit period at Amsterdam Airport in our flight Rio de Janeiro - Amsterdam - Kuala Lumpur, the tour operator decided to add this tour as a bonus to all the tour participants. We were told that the cost per person is Euro 50 for a walking tour of Amsterdam.
Shortly after the plane touched down in Amsterdam on 11 January 2020, we were picked up by a local tour bus at the airport and headed to Amsterdam city.
Amsterdam is well known for their canals, architecture, coffee and of course the red light district. For this very short tour, we experienced all these!
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro
I was quite surprised to discover that the statue was built after World War 1 from 1922 to 1931, almost 100 years ago. It is a product of collaboration between French and Romanian sculptors and French and Brazilian engineers. The statue is 30m high excluding the 8m pedestal. The arms stretch 26m. It's erected at the peak of the 700m high Corcovado Mountain. It can be seen from every corner of Rio de Jainero.
Christ the Redeemer on Mt. Corcovado as viewed from
the Hotel where we stayed next to Copacabana Beach.
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Sugarloaf Cable Car, Rio de Jainero
Sugarloaf Cable Car has a pretty amazing history since it was first built in 1912. It has since undergone a few upgrades. The thrill of this cable car was brought to world attention in the 1979 James Bond movie "Moonraker" featuring Roger Moore as 007 (See here).
Sugarloaf ride consists of two stages. First is from Ground Zero Station at the base to Morro da Urca Station at 220m elevation. Stage 2 is from Morro da Urca to Sugarloaf Mountain at 396m elevation.
Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro
Its white sandy beach, crystal clear water and litter-free environment make this crescent-shaped beach the top magnet of holiday makers from around the world.
Its sheer size is best demonstrated by the 3-million colossal crowd (Read here) which gathered on 28 July 2013 to attend mass conducted by Pope Francis during the Catholic Church World Youth Day.
3 million crowd at the beach in July 2013!
Photo downloaded from web.
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