Inside Brazil's Most Dangerous Neighborhood (Extreme Slum)

☠️ Out of this world beauty mixed with the darkness. That sums up Rio de Janeiro for me. I saw some things on this day that won’t be forgotten easily and please note that a LOT happened off camera, I cannot share certain details of this day because it wouldn't be fair and potentially risky to the kind people that helped me out on this day and made this surreal experience possible. Please let me know your thoughts in a comment section of this video and the Brazil Series (positive or negative). Want to see the photos I got from this day? See them here: www.instagram.com/indigo.traveller/ Thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next one. I love you, Brazil! 🇧

I'm from brasil, glad you liked the favela. There are a lot of good and honest people there. A lot of culture too.

Such an intense reality

I'm from Brazil and I say to those who watched this video: don't believe in this content, there is a certain culture, especially in Rio de Janeiro, a tourist city, in romanticizing the favelas, which is terrible and only serves the tourist guide interests. Poverty has never been and will never be trivial. These videos and testimonials are all the bad guys want. A favela is not something pleasant and safe, quite the opposite.

Brasil is such an amazing country. My wife is Brazilian, we went to visit her family this past January in Jundiai, SP. we also spent some time in Ubatuba. By FAR the most welcoming, caring people I have ever met (not just her family, everyone was great there). I can’t wait to go back! Much love to Brazil from the States 🇺🇸✌️

You had a great translator, he said exactly what people said

A romantização da favela e o crime organizado... que lindo. Eu como Brasileiro e morador de periferia, até quase escorreu uma lagrima aqui. A parte que mais me tocou foi a moça da banca de salgados "Um lugar maravilhoso, tranquilo" e os dedos de nervosismo a bater nos vidros kkkkkkkkk Quem é de fora até acredita.

Thank you for taking us to Rio. Really touched me how he said that people are a product of their environment. I love this world, and the different people who inhabit it.

I am from Ireland. We have a lot of Brazilian people here and they hard-working, good natured people. Much respect to them.

For those of you who are curious about what he saw but did not mention in the end of the video, he probably witnessed police officers collaborating, interacting and making deals with criminals. Police officers will sell guns to the gangs and demand money for letting them operate, and also provide info about incoming police operations. He may have witnessed children and teenagers involved in the drug-selling scheme. The gangs will use children, pregnant, disabled and elderly people mostly to transport the drugs without causing suspicion. I can’t say it is rare that children will be seen holding a gun in a favela. Their childhood is dismantled, and it is shocking when you see a kid who is probably still interested in toys to be holding a gun instead. The unaccessible goods and lifestyle bombarded by tv and the internet nowadays is a powerful tool to convince people into the wrong paths. Other things he may have seen include their drug and money stocks or, based on his scared face, a place where bodies are disposed, but this is less likely than the other possibilities. The drug dealers will kill people caught stealing in some favelas "to serve as example". In their criminal activities, many people end up being executed, so there are usually unaccessible places where they dispose the bodies of the victims. Although he may have watched somebody being executed in front of him, I don't think this was the case. It is possible, but I think they would not do it in front of a tourist, a person they don't know at all. There is a chance he witnessed somebody being taken away by them, and was told to ignore what was going on and not to look at them. In this case, imagining what happened to that person could be the cause of his scared face. This was suggested by somebody else as a response to my comment. Many people are mentioning human trafficking, but this is not something common in the favelas of Rio. As I mentioned previously, the leaders of the gangs usually try to keep their reputation as somebody who is protecting the community. From my understanding and experience, if somebody involved with human trafficking is caught in a favela, it is not going to end well for him.

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels on YouTube.

"Os brasileiros convivem com a divida" - Esse tour que ele fez foi essencial é realista ao mesmo tempo, Parábens pelo conteudo! gostei muito.

Thank you for being discreet, choosing your words, choosing what you showed and being wise intermediary of how you explain things. Nicely done! I’m an American who had a home in Rio. Rio is a very complex city but I love her anyway! 😊

It's just crazy how there is so much difference in the same city.

I come from Philippines 🇵🇭, and I went to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro! I have to say: one of the most beautiful countries I have ever been to! Nothing bad happened to me luckily, but the friends I have made there were amazing, and the places I saw were absolutely breathtaking! Too bad it’s over 11,000 miles away from my country. I dated one of the locals, and I felt the love and affection so much! I felt so loved and accepted there, even more than the asians in neighboring countries in Philippines! I hope things will be safer in the future because I really love Brazil 🇧🇷 so much! Muito obrigado e boa sorte brasil!

Algumas pessoas estão comentando sobre "romantização" da criminalidade ou da pobreza. Onde exatamente eles viram isso no vídeo? Achei que o gringo fez um ótimo trabalho. Muito justo e dentro do que ele viu. Jamais dizendo nada positivo em relação às coisas negativas que testemunhou. Provavelmente, pessoas que não entendem o inglês interpretaram tudo apenas pelo que ouviram de portugues.

Ive been to Rio last February this year for 2 weeks and went for a solo trip. Ive decided to travel alone and celebrate my birthday (Feb. 14) in Copacabana. I must say that I was inlove with the people, culture and history, food and the camaraderie. I must say I left my heart in Brazil and surely will comeback this February 2024 :) I work here in Qatar and I really supported Brazil throughout their match in Fifa Worldcup, Parabens BRAZIL ❤❤❤

Guilherme deserves a lot of respect for his hospitality and guide.

"I love this place cause it keeps me awake, its impredictible" Try living 24/7 in a place like that and i doubt you still gonna "love" it.

Best channel in this genre, he is always respectful and still gives a good glimpse of people different worlds.