First Impressions of Rio
February 8th 2009 So, I am spending 4 months in Brazil - about 2.5 in Rio, learning Portuguese and volunteering in the Rocinha favela, and 1.5 months traveling up the coast to the Northeast. I’m living with 3 Brazilian girls in their early/mid 20s in Apoador, the area between Ipanema and Copacabana.
I thought I’d try to get back into diary/blog mode and jot down some of my initial observations and experiences.
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