Day 251 - Last day in Rio!

Rio De Janeiro - Ibis Hotel

Today's plan was to head to Santa Teresa, a suburb on a hill near the centre of town. We had read about the tram that goes there, so we went to the tram station to find it was closed. We thought it was because of Carnaval, but we later discovered that six people had died last year when the tram rolled and the line had been closed ever since.

We then tried to get a taxi, but the driver wouldn't take us and told us to walk there - so we did. Getting to the base of the hill was easy, but there was a long climb up the winding road to the top of the hill. Of course, we passed a street party on the way as well!

We walked back to the hotel, went out for dinner - we finally managed to find a decent restaurant near our hotel on our last night in Rio - and then back to the hotel to pack for the long trip home.