The Place: The city of Rio is incredible! Muito Lindo! It´s a fast paced city with beautiful people, great beaches and incredible sights.
Some features: The viewpoints from Pão de Açucar (Sugar Loaf) hill and Corcovado (The Christ Statue) are spectacular.
The nightlife here is great. In Lapa they have massive street parties on Friday nights which is chaos but loads of fun. Lotsa samba beats and dancing. Also went to a favela funk party. A favela is the Rio equivalent of a township, run by gangs and drug dealers. Went to the party with a tour group that takes the gringos (tourists) safely into the favela (going alone would be stupid). The party lasted the whole night and was loads of fun. Saw one of the tourists photos afterwards of a guy flashing his loaded magazine at the party.
Eu fui roubado! Had my camera stolen out of my backpack while I was wearing it on a bus. Didnt feel a thing!
Went to watch a soccer match in Maracaná stadium (largest football stadium in the world). Was a great game between Botafogo (a Rio team) and Parana. The vibe was brilliant. Botafogo being the favourites had the crowds going completly crazy singing war cries for Botafogo and booing the opposition.
Took a trip on the Bonte de Santa Teresa which is a tram that crosses the high multi-arched bridge in Lapa (bottom photo). It takes you to interesting museums, vistas, restaurants and architecture on the other side of the bridge. Whats cool is that if you just jump on the side of the tram and stand on the side the ride is free!
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Hello,
I'm a student from Brazil and I'm working on a research project about favela tours. We're now working on the tourists's perceptions about tourism in Rocinha and were wondering if you would like to articipate as an interviewer. We could send you the questions (about 15) by email and would appreciate it if you could get back to us with any suggestions you find useful.
Thank you for your attention,
Palloma
pallomamenezes@hotmail.com
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