After spending our first day on the beautiful Ipanema beach in Brazil we decided to venture a little further today...the favelas!!! It was most surreal experience starting from the very top working our way through the smallest alleyways. We managed to avoid the stray dogs chasing chickens, the sewers running past our feet and the HUGE rat that came running past us! Oh and not to forget the gun shot holes in the walls of a what once was a hostel....glad to say we ...