No visit to Rio is complete without visiting a favela. Favelas are shanty towns in Brazil, which appeared in Rio on hillsides threatened by landslides.
Since rich people did not want to build here, land was cheap enough for migrants to settle. However, the landslides have since been brought down and thus in Rio - unlike anywhere on earth, the poorest have the best views:
Due to complete lack of any form of urban planning and also due to the difficult terrain, favelas are chaotic and almost completely lack streets or roads
...people getting home mostly on narrow gangways and lots of stairs
Just imagine that Rocinha, the favela we visited has between 80-100.000 residents
and it has only ONE SINGLE ROAD!
But one road going in and out of the favela is very practical for "some sort of business" practised to great extent over here, since it means it is very easy to control who goes in and out of the favela.
A look from above aids at better understanding of the scale of this favela
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However, contrary to what we expected, we did NOT find poverty in favelas, most people having electricity, running water and relatively decent living conditions with kids watching Tom and Jerry
All photos from Rio de Janeiro
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Due to complete lack of any form of urban planning and also due to the difficult terrain, favelas are chaotic and almost completely lack streets or roads
...people getting home mostly on narrow gangways and lots of stairs
Just imagine that Rocinha, the favela we visited has between 80-100.000 residents
and it has only ONE SINGLE ROAD!
But one road going in and out of the favela is very practical for "some sort of business" practised to great extent over here, since it means it is very easy to control who goes in and out of the favela.
A look from above aids at better understanding of the scale of this favela
View Larger Map
However, contrary to what we expected, we did NOT find poverty in favelas, most people having electricity, running water and relatively decent living conditions with kids watching Tom and Jerry
All photos from Rio de Janeiro
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