Brazil

Films not to watch before coming to Brazil: City of God and that other one. People not to talk to before coming to Brazil: A lot of people. Truth is there´s a lot of murder and hardcore crime here. The place we stayed when we first got here, someone was killed around the corner during the night. Lots of gangland wars over drugs teritories in the Favellas. Should that stop you coming? No. It´s hard when everyone you talk to seems to tell you another horror story. People say things like don´t go out of the bus station- it´s dangerous. Other peole say, don´t go in the bus station - it´s dangerous. Don´t get out of bed - it´s dangerous. Where in the contract of life does it say it won´t be dangerous. I´m pretty confident at this stage that life is not about minimising danger. Danger is part of life. Rant rant.