Our night arrival in the "dangerous" city made us choose a more expensive but fairly safe area to stay. Rio is a very diverse city with rich and poor so close together. Favelas are a no-no to enter and properties are secured by 2 to 3 meters high metal fences.
Our most unplanned adventures trip was a visit to an indoor night market with 2 Germans we met in our hostel. On the way we nearly walked in a favela and got shouted at from crazy women behind a metal gate of an alcoholic institution. Suddenly the gate opened and we run as quick as we could. We passed prostitutes with their pimps and after we finally reached the market, frightened after 2 hours, we got told they just closed. Luckily there were buses going back to the centre and we did not have to go through that torture again.
Our most unplanned adventures trip was a visit to an indoor night market with 2 Germans we met in our hostel. On the way we nearly walked in a favela and got shouted at from crazy women behind a metal gate of an alcoholic institution. Suddenly the gate opened and we run as quick as we could. We passed prostitutes with their pimps and after we finally reached the market, frightened after 2 hours, we got told they just closed. Luckily there were buses going back to the centre and we did not have to go through that torture again.
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