"Got tight last night on absinthe and did knife tricks. Great success shooting the knife into the piano. The woodworms are so bad and eat hell out of all furniture that you can always claim the woodworms did it."
--Ernest Hemingway
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nartreb - Oct 24, 2019 11:40 am Date Climbed: Oct 23, 2019
by trailStraightforward trail, suitable for children, took about an hour each way on a cloudy day (not too hot). Views at least as good as from Pao de Acucar or Corcovado.
The favela was just a neighborhood like most others, not scary to anyone who's been in a big city before, but don't bring your own car. Hire a van at the bottom of the favela and let the driver deal with the reckless traffic on the extremely narrow and steep road.