i first arrived to Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday afternoon, but i mostly stayed by my apartment in Ipanema. everyone kept telling me how dangerous Rio is, so i definitely had that engrained in my head when i arrived... i was nervous to go walk around by myself, and i kept thinking someone is going to try to steal from me. yes, people would look at me, maybe because i stood out from the White European ancestry, Black African ancestry, or mixed ancestry, which are the main demographics of Brazil. People from Rio are called Cariocas, which means "white man's home" in the native Tupi's language. it's interesting to me to be in a place where i stand out, but majority of the people around me are not native to the land here too... i wonder where all the asians are.
today I felt a bit more comfortable in the area I am staying at... I did typical stuff I would do back home in Seattle. I went to get my nails done, I had coffee and sat in a coffee shop called Cafecito, I went to the gym, and I went to the supermarket. it's kinda nice to feel like a local and see what life would be like living in another city even if you do not speak the language or look like anyone else around you.
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| Sand Art on Copacabana Beach |
yesterday, i tried to go to the Cristo Rendentor (Christ the Redeemer) statue, but it was too cloudy... so i did wait around a little and then i decided to go another tourist attraction: Escadaria Selarón~
tomorrow is supposed to be another rainy day, so we shall see what i end up doing (do I need to do anything?)... the weather on Saturday and Sunday is supposed to be sunny... so if it is, then maybe I'll try to go to Pão de Açúcar (Sugarloaf Mountain), do a favela tour, and see the Cristo Redentor... I leave Sunday night for Buenos Aires!!
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| Murals on a wall near Escadaria Selarón |
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