Archive for October, 2009

Is Rio de Janerio Dangerous?

When Chicago was not selected and in fact came last, one of the arguments noted were the Chicago city crime statistics. Of course Rio de Janeiro is well known for the very same factor – violence. This week alone there were 40 people shot dead in Rio, end result of drug gang warfare. Let’s face [...]

See you in Rio de Janeiro in 2016

They say that winning the bid to stage the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was not the difficult part. Frankly, with being the first city in South America to host the Olympic Games certainly put Rio ahead of the chasers. Let’s face it, Tokyo had lesser of a chance on account of the [...]

Volunteer in Rio de Janiero

You can certainly take a trip to Brazil and work as a volunteer in one of its favelas. There are operators that offer these kind of trips to not just Brazil. Though most are run as tours at a cost to you, alternative may be you move on down to Brazil well before the Olympic [...]