Corcovado Mountain – Jesus’ arms outstretched wide for the world

One of the most picturesque and symbolic, um, symbols of Rio must be the large statue of Jesus on the highest point of the city.

This statue is BIG. It is large enough to be seen clearly from a lot of the city: at night time it is lit up (making it look like Jesus is actually hovering over the city … amazing). By day, it looks like this …



And the view? Stunning of course. You can see much of the city … (like this bird!)



… as well as some great views of the cities and beaches!