And we still had few more days
before we fly to Iguazu. However we had to complete some formalities like
collecting uniforms and attending venue specific training. So the next day we
decided to collect our Paralympic uniforms and do some shopping i.e. eggs,
noodles and breads. That’s right we ate homemade egg burgers or noodles most of
the nights at our apartment during our time at Rio as did not want to waste our
valuable time cooking.
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| Summary of 26th August 2016 |
Our venue specific training
was scheduled on 26th & 27th August 2016 in the
morning. As mentioned earlier I was part of Event Management Team and my
training was scheduled for both Olympic Stadium famous Maracanã Stadium. I was
so excited as I heard so many stories about Maracanã.
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| Ipanema |
Our venue specific training finished
just after lunch and decided to go fishing at famous Ipanema Beach. Razon Bhai
was part of International Relation Team and he also finished after lunch. I
invited him to join me in my fishing adventure. He agreed and we decided to
meet at Central Station.
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| London 2012 in Rio |
Weather in Rio is mostly warm
and an average sunshine hour in August is around 7 so we had plenty of time to
enjoy. Fishing by the coastline was not easy for me as I never had that
experience before. We borrowed someone else’s equipment and tried fishing for about
half an hour. Well taking pictures was our first priority. We had a good time at
the beach.
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| Fishing at Ipanema |
Next day was our final day of
training. Training for this kind of international events are similar except the
cultural integration part where they generally show the do’s and don’ts. Our
training finished just after lunch and Bruno & Júlia invited us to join
them. They wanted to go to Ipanema again. Ipanema is a place where you can go
every day.
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| Beautiful Ipnema.. |
On our way to Ipanema we
decided to taste some traditional foods and juice from exotic fruits of Brazil.
Rio sucos is known as Juice Bar. As the weather is generally hot in Rio you
will find a juice bar at every single street of Rio and the prices are not that
expensive. With 2 to 7 Brazilian reais (Real) you will get about 250 ml to 500
ml pure and fresh juice.
The website Toda Brazil lists
146 fruits grown in Brazil. The count runs to 14 before you're even out of the
A's: abacate (avocado), abacaxi (pineapple), abiu, abricó, açaí, acerola, akee,
ameixa, amêndoa, amora, anonáceas, araçá, atemoya, avelã.
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| We. At Ipanema... |
I always brought the mixed
(mixed with different types of fruits) one. Unlike Taipei, Taiwan you can eat
and drink at every public transportation systems in Rio. So we always brought
at least a drink whenever I was in the Metro.
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| Porção de Pastel |
A day well spent…..
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| Coxinha |
< To Be Continued >
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