Orixa

"Climp the top of the mountain to see what's there."

Male

Stockholm, Sweden

About Orixa

Budding Member | Member since 20th Jan 08

Occupation: teacher
About Orixa:

A clean regular guy.

Hobbies:

Travelling , meeting decent people.

Favourite places:

Salvador in Brazil and Agarve in Portugal

Activity : photos (30) forum (2) guide (0) blog (1) diary (0) trips (0)

Latest Blog Entry

Sights and sounds of Brazil

Posted by Orixa | 29th November 2008

Hardly any new things can be written about the tourist sites of Rio so I prefer to write some controversial comments. I stick to my recommendation not to pick Rio if you are considering a trip to Brazil. Rio is a very unfriendly city for a European tourists. The crowds that cover all the spaces of the city consider every tourist-like person a US-American, ignorant with loads of money - a gringo. They will pester you and torment for money or purchase of things nobody really neads.

Interestingly, my Brazilian friends from the middle-class agree with me 100%. What is amazing it is the underprivileged who totally lack the insights into the causes of their misery and suffering. No chance there for a popular uprising or revolution against the elites