We went on a tour with 5 guys from the hostel, 1 swiss and his australian girlfriend, one canadian girl, a scottisch pal and a german fellow, oh well, the latter was me.
The tour started in the rich woods of the National Park Tijuca around Rio. We had a stunning view from the Chinese lookout.
The tour then continued to Favela Santa Marta, which is actually the one where Michael Jackson shot his video for "They don't care about us" and they even have a MJ-Statue there. It is supposed to be safer than the other favelas. It is very narrow and steep there.
Actually I felt a bit weird to go on a tourist tour to view the bad conditions they live in. The guide said, that tourism was kind a good for them because the government cares more about them then. In fact, they get free Wi-Fi from the city, as the guide says. They installed a cable car as well. In fact, I thought from the living conditions pooint of view it was not a bad as in the place I worked in in Arequipa, San Isidro. There was more space between houses, but the conditons were worse.
I then had to change hostels. Off to Mango Tree, which is quite nice.
I stayed at the hostel for the night.
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