We left the boat at Mangro and waited for a little while for our van. It turns out that the van wasn't big enough for the whole lot of us so an extra taxi (of sorts) showed up as well. Most of the group rushed to get in the van which was a bit cramped by the time they all pile in. Kerri, Nic & myself took the car option & it was a good one. Plenty of space & comfy seats.
The trip wasn't especially interesting & about the only thing of interest (and I use the term loosely) was this train. As you can expect, not much to say. It's a train.
I guess it took a couple of hours to get to the hotel in Rio de Janeiro. The hotel situation was a disaster! Most of the rooms weren't ready even though it was well past check in time. Our room was ready but one of the two single beds had the hardest mattress I've ever sat on! No jokes, it was more like a table! We complained because we weren't about to put up with it for the last 3 nights of out holiday (and it would have been me sleeping on it). They found us a different room but they made it difficult for us.
We signed ourselves up for a city tour that afternoon because it looked like it would be the best weather for the next few days. It would take us to most of the big tourist spots/traps around Rio.
