When I went to Rio, I arrived at midnight and all I had of the scenery that beckoned was the walled favela’s on the road from the airport to Ipanema beach.
A solid ten hour sleep later I woke up and discovered I had set my alarm wrong and didn’t have long before I had to check out.
Before running around to make up for overslept time, I opened the curtain and stepped out onto my tiny balcony and saw this view.





