Mitch update

This morning, we went to Copacabana Beach again. It's the most beautiful place I have ever seen( with a pair of blinders on). The missionaries said it was the official bikini capitol of the world. All I saw was a bunch of 50 year-old 275 lb. men in speedos. Let's just say you need more than sunglasses to protect your eyes.
We're in Iguacu falls now. We've taken the helicopter tour and the tour on foot. i liked the one on foot better because of the rainforest wildlife. I actually got to pet some wild monkeys(they looked more like racoons). The falls were great, but Rio was better. our hotel overlooked one of at least seven beaches. After seeing all of them from the Christ statue and Sugarloaf, I decided Copacabana (the one our hotel was on) was definetly the best. There's palm trees everywhere!
The harbor was really great too. There were huge( ~1,000ft. on average occording to gpa) rocks sticking up everywhere. Among these, was Sugarloaf. There was ocean as far as I could see on one side, and the city of Rio on the other. Inland, we went to the top of the mountain where they have the Christ statue, where we saw the town of Niteroi connected to Rio by bridge. The soccer stadium was hard to miss from the mountain. They say it can hold up to 170,000 people. We saw alot of beaches on the mountain, but some of the beaches in Rio were only visible from Sugarloaf. About halfway down the mountain, we saw some little monkeys eating fruit(we took several pictures). I thank God for this wonderful experience.
mitch