On Sunday we the entire group went to Corvocado (a.k.a Cristo Redentor), Esteban and one of his Ph.D students, Mark was our tour guide. We jumped in the car and drove for a good 30 minutes, then we finally arrived at the mountain in which we had to go up by car. The mountain road wasn't as steep as I thought it would be, but it did take a good 15 minutes to get to our destination. Near the top of the mountain is a cut off point in which you have to park you car, the parking lot was very small, a capacity of 25 cars, max. At that point, the small bus will take you to the top, where the statue is. I've seen a lot of amazing things in my life, but those experiences don't even come close when I visited Corvocado. The view from the top was amazing, the East of the statue was very cloudy, but to the North, South and West, you can see all of Rio de Janeiro. In side the base of a the statue is a small chapel were a pastor was doing a sermon. For about an hour all we did was take pictures, then we decided to leave to go to Parque Lage.

 Cristo Redentor

PIRE Group

Copacabana

The Group

Ipanema

History of Cristo Redentor

Parque Lage was not very far from Corvocado, just a 15 minute drive. Esteban wanted to take us there because it is a very popular park, and a park with lots of history. Parque Lage also has an art museum, restaurant, fish tank and a small cave inside. 

Art Museum

Cristo Redentor from afar

Restaurant inside Museum

Cave

Parque Lage

 Regarding our research for Kaseya, Chad, our Project Manager gave us a deadline to have all our research topics done by Tuesday night. I was well ahead of schedule, so I had to research very little, Monday and Tuesday I just went over everything I researched to check for any grammatical errors. Once I completed my research, Chad gave us the remainder of the week off, and reminded us that come Monday, we start the next phase.