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Took a tour of Rio's biggest favella today. Our guide was a 16 yo girl who lived there - was awesome. Favelas nothing like what I thought. Very much just a poor suburb rather than a slum. Bizarrely half way through we went to the DJ school that the tour's founder uses some of the cash to pay for. Was basically his second bedroom in his house. The bloke was probably wider in the guys department than Jen (which is some feat at the present let me tell you) and spent probably 10 solid minutes talking about his cats. Boy, made me yearn for a good old one-on-one tete tete with Jen where she tells me about her feelings/dreams while I gnaw at myself.
Also hit a sweet street samba party at Pedro do Sal. Caught metro to Central to get a cab there. Literally thought I was going to get stabbed at Central. Got in cab (eventually - had to walk about four blocks to get anywhere near one) and taxi driver said we would have been. Only time I felt a bit scared here. But street party rocked!!!
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