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Don't go into the communities/favelas (unless you really want to, then find a guide) and you'll be fine. New Years in Rio is high profile and well-known enough
by theideaofcoffee 3y ago
Don't go into the communities/favelas (unless you really want to, then find a guide) and you'll be fine. New Years in Rio is high profile and well-known enough that any incidents with foreigners/estrangeiros would be a huge scandal so it's relatively safe at that time.
- DANmode 3y agoThis sounds equivalent to me to "Don't go into the neighborhoods of New York City, just Times Square and businesses." Do you really visit the place, then?
- theideaofcoffee 3y agoEnh, some of the more rough neighborhoods in NYC are still far better than a lot of the favelas in Rio. You don't have to go to Rocinha or Vidigal or Vila Cruzeiro to say 'I visited Rio', just like you don't have to say 'I went to Brownsville NYC' there are so many other places too to give you an authentic Rio experience. (Edit: also my use of 'communities' may have been a bit misleading, that was a direct translation of the portuguese 'comunidade' which refers to a bunch of them)
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- maratc 3y agoSome guys came to rob me at Copacobana beach, some 100 meters from a police station. I showed them my empty pockets and they went away.