Quote Originally Posted by DrDickenstein View Post
Not kiddin....I'm a product of what I read and heard since I haven't been there, that's all BD. I been to damn near every shady part of every "bad" city in the US. Doesn't faze me bc it's in my comfort zone to a certain degree I guess. Been to PI by myself, no big deal. Brazil otoh....foreign country, language barrier, mafia/cartel rumors and most info I have indicated to exercise extreme caution.

Now I know. Street savy I got...need to get on that Portuguese Rosetta Stone or Hooked on Phonix...some shit.
We've shared stories so I know you've been to some worse spots than what you'll choose to go to in Rio. Like Kila said in Rio you don't NEED Portuguese. I don't speak Portuguese and even though its closely related, my spanish doesn't help that much. I was ok in Sao Paolo but a lot less people knew what the hell I was talking about. Get some info from me, Kila and the internet and you'll be fine in Rio.