Comments on: Favela Tourism, Rocinha, Rio

By: EmpregosRJ

EmpregosRJ — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:31:46 +0000

Well this is good. It used to be a very dangerous place but nowadays it’s so full of tourism. It’s HUGE and there’s a lot of stuff to do there!

By: Denny2187

Denny2187 — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:13:19 +0000

Hmmm…. this city is something familiar with the most cities in India. The powerty and prosperity there are also combined together! If some of you are interested, I can give another example of country, where such cities can be found – it Ukraine. But there it is not because of the powerty,but because of the oldness of the cities, some of them have buildings 300 year old! And people still live in those houses!

By: Zezinho

Zezinho — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:47:04 +0000

thank you for the nice post. I am born and raise in Rocinha. I am hoping you had a great time there!

Zezinho

By: Benedict Adam

Benedict Adam — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:57:06 +0000

Yeah! Santa Teresa is great, the Tram ride is great fun, well worth doing

By: mdoherty

mdoherty — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:04:15 +0000

Was in Rio but never did the tour. I hope you made it to Santa Teresa, what a gem.

By: Voos Baratos

Voos Baratos — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:56:15 +0000

Interesting article! I think that favela tourism is an eye opener and the money is good for the population of the favelas. It also helps keep things more calm because the money that tourists bring in is otherwise made by dealing or stealing.