Brasil Pelada II: A Visual Guide to the Rio Olympics & Paralympics 2016

This is a smallish book with a big message:

It gives you the essential information you

need to safely enjoy the olympics in Brazil.

Based on many years travelling in Brazil, it is

an up to date ( 2016) training manual;

covering Safety, the Lingo,Travel, Food etc.,

and a brief context to what you see around you.

Brazil is Country with high levels social deprivation and  violence (street robbery)

However, you will be visiting Brazil during it's most secure time as the Government

will flood Rio with Police and Military.

This is difficult but necessary as Rio has one of the highest levels of violence (theft)

in Brazil. This may seem incongruous with the beauty of the Copacabana, or the Botanical

Gardens of the rain forests in the South of Rio, but the shadow of the favelas fall heavy

on this idyllic Paradisical City of beaches.

The Government (& Police) are so corrupt that the ordinary  Carioca despite living in

the birthplace of Bossa Nova) is way beyond  cynical.

However despite its Political palsy, Brazil remains a beautiful country and people.

You won't encounter the singular cynicism of Western indifference here ; you'll

feel la Joie de Vivre but  sadly not la Droite des Hommes (or even Femmes)

infilezmente.