Reply to: Rio Advice

[greenlake]

Any tips about Rio would be useful, anyone out there at the moment ?

Brazil welcomes you with open arms....!

[Antman]

Despite the olympics?

Possibly made things worse, more money sloshing around more corruption, less money reaching where it should.

Rio's just awful these days. Traffic jams at rush hour make it easier for gangs to go around from car to car robbing people. Tourists walking around Copacabana, Leblon are just picked off by gangs of street kids. They pickpocket you but what are you going to do? chase them? they are 20 of them, you'll end up in a side-street and it's goodbye gringo.

[BrilloPad]

OK, no ones going to work there, but my wife is Brazilian and she thinks that Rio has gone downhill in a huge way for about 10 years now.

A lot more dangerous, not a holiday destination but Cabo Frio and places outside of Rio the city are OK

Despite the olympics?

[BrilloPad]

She is more than a Brazilian, you should appreciate the whole person; not just her pussy.

My wives should appreciate more than just my wallet.....

[Paddy]

OK, no ones going to work there, but my wife is Brazilian and she thinks that Rio has gone downhill in a huge way for about 10 years now.

A lot more dangerous, not a holiday destination but Cabo Frio and places outside of Rio the city are OK

She is more than a Brazilian, you should appreciate the whole person; not just her pussy.

[Troll]

but my wife is Brazilian

So much choice ... how do you make a selection?

[Antman]

OK, no ones going to work there, but my wife is Brazilian and she thinks that Rio has gone downhill in a huge way for about 10 years now.

A lot more dangerous, not a holiday destination but Cabo Frio and places outside of Rio the city are OK

[Troll]

It's a lovely place on the surface.

But do not go wandering off into the 'hoods' on your own.

You will get robbed and shot.

A long time ago I wandered the back streets of Rio looking for Ronnie Biggs bar - never found it and didn't really feel threatened

but would never go into the favelas

[BrilloPad]

MFs well hard

So your wife says.....

[BrilloPad]

MFs well hard, he can look after himself.

He lamped someone just the other day

Were there any witnesses? I mean people who have had less than one sherry......

[MrMarkyMark]

It's a lovely place on the surface.

But do not go wandering off into the 'hoods' on your own.

You will get robbed and shot.

MFs well hard, he can look after himself.

He lamped someone just the other day

[GJABS]

It's a lovely place on the surface.

But do not go wandering off into the 'hoods' on your own.

You will get robbed and shot.

Indeed.
I was there 12 years ago, and sitting on a bench on Copacabana beach a bloke sat down next to me and said "I have a gun - give me your money!"

I walked away, at which point I was shot dead.

#OK I wasn't really..

[SueEllen]

[darmstadt]

Apparently Rio is quite popular for certain people: https://www.amazon.com/Transsexual-T.../dp/B01M30MV2C

[BrilloPad]

Make sure you get first class travel expenses.

Can we all pop down and visit at carnival time?