RIO
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006After 25 hours on a bus, we arrived in Rio.
We have been to the Favela´s the local slum shatty towns surrounding Rio city. Total different world to Cobacobana beach, where we are staying thank you very much. The streets if you can call them that are narrow passages more like allyways that run off in all directions down the mountain, you could easy get lost there for days. We took the tour up there, no way you go there on your own. We reached the bottom of the favela and took motorbike taxi´s to the top of the mountain up very windy roads, at a very fast speed. GTA in the real world but when you die YOU DIE!! Had nail marks in my hand from holding on to the motorbike so hard, undertaking a bus around a bend is an interesting moment. There ae parts of the favela where we were told not to take pictures as so and so is a drug dealer, and isn´t a big fan of having is picture taken. Never felt unsafe did see a few people walking around with guns, but in the same area we visited a day care centre that the tour supports, helps families with cheap or free childcare. The kids like being lifted up into the air, had a Q form at my feet to pick them up over my head, they loved it and I got a free gym work out.
We have been out clubing in Rio, visited he holly grail of tourist attractions the hard rock cafe, a freinds birthday. and just chilled out. we live a street of the beach, we plan to handgluid over the city, visit jesus, and chill out. Once it stops pissing rainning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Miller