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2014 World Cup’s Tourists Go Sightseeing in a Former U.S. Military Truck

The long waiting for the first football to enter the net is almost over as the 20th FIFA World Cup is to start its first mach on Thursday. Considering that over half of million of visitors are expected to come to Brazil, touristic companies have prepared all sorts of attractions. One of them is Rio de Janeiro’s city tour with a... duck.
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Brazil is just days away from the point when hundreds of thousands of soccer fans from all over the world will be visiting the country. It is the second time the country has hosted the competition, the previous being in 1950. We are looking at 64 matches that are to be played in twelve cities across Brazil in either a new or a redeveloped stadium. And for that kind of an event the local government has definitely taken its costs for preparations. In fact, forecast of the eve of the tournament estimate the cost to the authorities will be around $14 billion (EUR10,2 billion), making it the most expensive World Cup to date.

All that considered, it was only normal the global event will also become the perfect opportunity for local tourism to grow. One of the things a tourist company thought at was making the sightseeing look closer to the ones in London or other European cities.

So they took an old U.S. Military six-wheel-drive modification of the 2-ton capacity “deuce” truck and turned it into a city tour bus. It’s an amphibian vehicle offering views of the city from land and sea. Called Duck Copacabana, the tour is considered one of the city’s main attractions.

The Duck is able to carry 28 passengers for a ride along the Botafogo and Flamengo coastal avenues, after which it enters the waters of Guanabara Bay. After passing the beaches, the vehicle gets to the Gloria Marina, where the bus driver is replaced by an authorized marine pilot. The sightseeing service was inaugurated in earlier this year.

In case you are one of those happy people actually going to Rio, you’ll want to know that one ticket will cost you $45 (EUR 33) and the tour operates four times a day except on Mondays.

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