Unsafe areas in RIO!

Mugged three times, twice at gun point, once at knife point :D, little different to being 'mugged' over here where I beat two muggers off fairly easily and the police turned up.
 
I've been to Rio a few times, never stayed that far West so can't comment on that specific place. Always stayed more central in touristy areas for obvious reasons.

Had a gun pointed at me while I was in Belo Horizonte, didn't have anything valuable on me at the time luckily.
 
A2Z said:
Had a gun pointed at me while I was in Belo Horizonte, didn't have anything valuable on me at the time luckily.
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That is the key, don't wear anything that looks like its worth anything at all. Rio is a fantastic city but it is dangerous, dress cheaply and don't wear any watches or jewelry etc. If you don't look like you are worth robbing then you probably wont be.
 
I think I must be getting internet dyslexia cos I read that as unsafe places in ROI so was going to suggest so long as you don't walk around in rangers / Celtic gear you should be alright. :p
 
Bear said:
That is the key, don't wear anything that looks like its worth anything at all.
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I was in a park and it was late at night. I had some sunglasses on my head that I had just found on a bench, took them as I had lost my sunglasses a few days before. They were cheap plastic kind but decent enough.

When this guy pointed the gun he saw the sunglasses, took them off my head, had a good look at them, and put them back on my head :D
 
I went to Rio last year with work and was mainly around the centre and Copacabana, I think the rule of thumb with Copacabana is stay within 3 roads deep of the beach.

To be honest though it was not as bad as I expected, I have felt more at risk in London than there, However you do need to exercise caution at all times, dress down and don't wear your watch.

But like I said I didn't experience a whole lot there other than some persistent begging and a maid going into the electronic safe (which i set a code on) and then taking just enough of the USD I put aside for Argentina afterwards that i didn't notice until I needed a cab from Buenos Aires airport!!
 
I went during the World Cup and stayed in Leblon. Found no problems - however, we mainly hung around Leblon, Ipanema, Copacabana, Maracana, Botafogo and the city centre. We had no problems. I even got so hammered that I could have easily been a target. No problemos.

We got a bus to Ilha Grande (a must IMHO, can't stress that enough - spend at least 4 days there, it's beautiful, one of the highlights of my trip), and went past Guaratiba - thought it looked nice. However, it is quite far away from Rio! Not sure I'd want to be based so far!

We went to Buzios (also worth going to - other side of Rio, 4 hour bus) and met England fans who based themselves there. Unenviable trips into Rio!

Have you thought about hostels? We stayed in Che Lagarto - quite a nice hostel.
 
Caged said:
You really can't judge the reception that Adrian Chiles gets in a country as being representative of the place as a whole. If I had a stone and Adrian Chiles was nearby it would probably be leaving my hand at a fair speed before I even knew what I was doing.
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Hahaha :D
 
Bear said:
That is the key, don't wear anything that looks like its worth anything at all. Rio is a fantastic city but it is dangerous, dress cheaply and don't wear any watches or jewelry etc. If you don't look like you are worth robbing then you probably wont be.
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What an amazing civilised place, sound like there are some loving warm beautiful people there.... what is wrong with people????
 
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