Well the Brazil mision was hard buuut fun and we were a team who all got along well together.The mission started in Salvador, Bahia. The group assembled over the weekend and then flew to Guanambi to get a bus to Caetite which was our basefor the next 10 days or so. We were reviewing oerations at the mine there and although we had a log drive to and from site each day the peopelwere very helpful and good to work with. At the weekend we were driven to a reort in the hills 3+ hours away and had a less formal series of discussions as well as a chance to see different countryside with mountains and waterfalls. Fascinating.
Then back to work and on Wednesday we flew to Rio in the same small turbo prop Bandierante. Not pressurised and we went up to 12000 feet at one point; we landed at Rio's domestic airport which gave us a view of the Christ statue at Cocovardo on the way in and then a chance to watch planes taking off towrards Sugar Loaf Mountain from the general aviation park next to the runway while we awaited ground tarnsport-that was fun!
Rio was busy as the build up to carnival was in full swing but we finished our work in time to do a visit to Cocovardo and Sugar Loaf on the Friday afternoon. The hotel wa s close to the ebcah at Copacobana and so a couple of the team went swimming but said it was bit rough ans colder than they expected. Sadly I was working most of the team as the team coordinator and having to tie up loose ends with our Brazilian hosts somy visits to the beach were very brief..
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