Into the Jungle

Photo essay: Arriving in Rio de Janeiro

by Jahanshah Javid
17-Apr-2012
 
[Note: There are captions below most photos.]
Rio de Janeiro is a jungle. A human jungle, raw and wild. I arrived from Buenos Aires two weeks ago and first stayed at a hostel near Copacabana beach. A few days later I moved into a room in the Santa Teresa district on a hill overlooking Rio. Enjoy these first impressions.
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