DieselBert
Winger
Me and my ex accidently ended up in Rochina during the day and even then it was have a drink and wait for the bus back to Gavea. When I was there Europeans were pretty much off limits regarding petty crime because the reprisals by the police fucked with drug trade. They wanted as little exposure as possible and dead or injured Europeans created a lot of noise. I felt safer in Rio than in New York.We spent most of our time at Leblon when down the front. Few quid floating about there it seemed.
When I went I'd heard of all these horror stories about muggings etc so first day was slightly overly cautious. Soon realised not to be. Was loads of daft Yanks wandering about with jewellery and flash tech on the go strolling about. It'll be those with a big "mug me" sign above their heads.
Only place that felt edgy during my time there was when in Sao Paulo.
The north of Brasil was different. Wild place, i got mugged at knife point in a small town on the friday and had to wait till the Monday to leave. I saw my mugger 3 times over the weekend. He even said hello to me once.
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