So before Carlos and I left Foz do Iguazu we decied to take a tour of Itaibu. The currently largest dam in the world and also the most efficient in terms of volume of water to power produced. To give you an idea of how big this the dam is and how much water goes through it visualize this. If you look at my pictures of the falls of Iguazu, then take the amount of water going through there. Now all that water fits in two turbine tubes of Itaibu! And Itaibu has 20 tubes!
(pic of the whole dam, tubes of the dam)
Quite impressive to see Itaibu and the engineering marvel it is.
So officially we can say we saw everything in Foz do Iguazu :) so now off to Rio!
Sept. 5th
Now in Rio Carlos and I got registered for the International Half Marathon of Rio. It's a marathon were you run 21km getting to see the coast of Rio and visit ever major beach.
I am Running as Marcus Gurgel Veras, Carlo's Brother. Unfortunately, his knee went bad and I wasn't registered so in the end I am running for him. The line was really long but we got our kit and began heading to Pao de Azucar.
(the line in :( actualy go's much farther back and loops 3 times inside the tent, me with my kit :) )
We had the great Idea of walking there and I think it took 3 hours hahahaha. But in the end we got there. I think we burned all our carb reserves for tomorrow but all in all it was a great walk.
(also stopped for coconut milk yum!)
To give you an Idea of how far we walked, if you take the map above of were we will run tomorrow and go from the finish till Urca it's a good idea. Pao de Acucar was quite cool nice view of the city and interesting to visit. Well now I need to get some rest for tomorrow so tchao tchao for now!
(view of city and us approaching Pao de Acucar)
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