Come take a walk back in time along the gorgeous cobblestone streets of old Paraty. Paraty is a stunningly gorgeous Portuguese Colonial town located on the Costa Verde in the South of Rio de Janeiro state. This quaint and romantic little town is a photographers dream, a city of a million postcards.
Read MoreTwo Months in a Favela, School Books and Gunshots.
Brasilian favelas (Brasilian slums) are often treat with a degree of fear, disdain and even intrigue. I spent two months volunteering at the children's charity Project Favela located deep within one of Brasil largest and most infamous favelas, Rio de Janeiro's Rocinha. My time living and working in Rocinha was to prove to be one of the most rewarding, most challenging and unfortunately one of the most dangerous experiences of my life as I was to experience both the beautiful and dark sides of life in Brasil. This is my story.
Read MoreRio de Janeiro a City of Extremes and Extreme Waves
While the vibrant Brasilian city of Rio de Janerio is world renown for it's vibrant culture andbreathtaking scenery it however is not so renown for great surf and in fact many a traveling surfer may choose to write the coastline of Rio and Brasil off altogether. However, to assume that Rio is only small wave territory you do so at your own peril and I firmly believe that this assumption could not be any further from the truth and you are about to find out why.
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