I’ve spent 12 years traveling to every corner of Brazil.
Fortaleza. Florianópolis. Manaus. Cuiabá. Foz do Iguaçu. Belo Horizonte. Rio. São Paulo. Recife. João Pessoa. Salvador. Curitiba. Natal. Small mining towns in the interior of Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba where I was the only foreigner for miles. Small towns throughout Minas Gerais. Every region of this country from the Amazon to the Southern coast.
I have never been robbed. Never been the victim of a violent crime. Never had a single serious incident.
I move with precaution. I don’t move with fear. There’s a difference.
You know what I have encountered in 12 years?
Friendly people. In every state. In every city. In every small town. People who invited me into their homes. Shared meals with me. Helped me when I was lost. Taught me their culture. Treated me like family before they knew my name.
I feel safer walking through most neighborhoods in Brazil than I do in most American cities.
This comment is the real problem.
Too many Brazilians get off on instilling fear in outsiders. They perform danger like it’s a personality trait. They gatekeep their own country with horror stories and then wonder why foreign capital, foreign talent, and foreign attention go somewhere else.
Every time a Brazilian tells a gringo “don’t come here, it’s too dangerous,” they’re not protecting anyone.
They’re devaluing their own country.
Argentina didn’t steal Brazil’s investors…
Brazil’s own people scared them away.
The most undervalued country on earth isn’t undervalued because of crime statistics.
It’s undervalued because the people who live there won’t stop telling the world it’s not worth visiting.
I’ve been everywhere from the Amazon to the Pampas. I built my life here. I’m raising my business here. I chose this country with my feet, my money, and my future.
Brazil is not for amateurs?
I agree.
It’s for people who actually see what’s here instead of repeating what they heard from someone who’s never left their own neighborhood.
@Twi_advoz@vlucasrocha Já parou pra pensar que o ideal de viagem seu nao é o de todos? prefiro andar com um césio debaixo do braço do que fazer uma trip de moto. Me poupe haha e eu faço exatamente tudo que quero nas viagens