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Originally Posted by debzor
Beware of the real cost of living in Brazil...
I was in Salvador this past weekend for a friend's birthday and was mugged on the beach. Three guys ran off with my 120 year old gold Albert chain that I was stupidly wearing round my neck. With a value of over £1500, I should have known better, especially as I live in Brazil, but we were all celebrating and were dressed up for the occasion...
Equally stupidly, I gave chase shouting obscenities at these 3 locals, and nearly caught the actual thief who ripped it from my neck before cars on the main road nearly run us both over, and my friends and others wisely convinced me to stop for my own safety.
The theft is irrelevant - the real cost of my stupidity could have been my life...
Sometimes the cost of living in Brazil has to be weighed in different ways.
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Hi Debzor,
Certain not suprised by that, I spent a couple of weeks down in Salvador just a couple of weeks ago before coming back upto Fortaleza, and in particular i didnt greatly enjoy Salvador, unlike other of the North East cities I have visited, I found Salvador to be much less friendly in the tourist areas, the beggers to be much more aggressive and the city itself (not Bahia in general) to be in a poor state along the many of the beach areas and the beaches not great either. Hence why many of the holiday packages seemed to be hiden away in the hotel resorts. I was also disapointed with the nightlife in comparrison to fortaleza.
Was it on one of the Barra beaches by any chance?
Regards
Paul