VOD: Barefoot thieves in Rio
First impressions of Brazil, this video shows 20 industrious ‘workers’ on the streets of Rio.
Rio is much more upmarket than Sao Paulo, the first major city I visited when I was in Brazil.
I found Sao Paulo run down.
The only reason people weren’t interested in robbing me was I didn’t have any money.
New fangled
With the advent of the mobile phone, we have this kind of footage.
Said to have been shot over a period of a ‘few hours’.
Trade advice
If I were going to Rio, I’d go to Ipenema rather than downtown, as this is the kind of thing you can expect happening.
Here’s the video.