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A Guide to the Santa Marta Favela Tour in Rio

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A Guide to the Santa Marta Favela Tour in Rio Thinking about a guided visit to a favela in Rio often brings up a whole mix of feelings, you know. Actually, I had a lot of questions myself before I went on the 2025 guided tour of Santa Marta. Is it safe, for instance? Is it the right thing to do? To be honest, I discovered that a thoughtfully organized tour, like the one in Santa Marta, is really an eye-opening experience that shows a different side of the city. You see, this community, often painted with a single brushstroke, …

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In Favela All Day Long 2025 Review: A Real Look Inside

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In Favela All Day Long 2025 Review: A Real Look Inside To be honest, I was a little nervous before the ‘In Favela All Day Long’ tour. You hear all sorts of stories, right? The idea of spending an entire day there was, well, a pretty big deal to me. So, many pictures you see are just about poverty, yet this one promised something a bit different. I mean, they said it was about community and daily life, which actually sounded really interesting. The whole point of this review is to give you a really straight look at what went …

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