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The word favela has such a bad PR. We (privileged, mostly white, educated) hear this word and we are already horrified, we think we know it all, we want to avoid all contact possible with anyone living in a favela. Because we are afraid of them. We assume they are bad people who will steal our shit. . It hurts me because I have met amazing people living in favelas. When I asked for some dance moves they helped. Now i live very very close to two favelas (lets just call them communities, because after all they are really communities and they also prefer referring to themselves as community members). When some people hear this their face changes and they have this are you fucking crazy expression. . I have never felt unsafe where I live. (But I recently ran away from a guy who wanted to rob me at Ipanema and I got a phone stolen at Lapa). I happily take mototaxis daily. I happily walk down (up not so much but that doesn’t have anything to do with fear more like dying because of the steep streets). People say hello to me, I say hello to them, nobody is weird, just regular people, living life. . Yes I know there are more dangerous communities. I know there can be shootings. Because some very poor people only see getting into drug trafficking an option to survive. Maybe they don’t know better. Maybe there were just born in this. . I have no idea because my life is different. And I also don’t wanna think that just because I live where they do means I know anything about them. I know shit. I have no idea. I absolutely cannot understand most of the struggles they have. . I don’t understand their fear and hate for police. Maybe because I am the type who police wants to keep safe here. They look at me and come to me and tell me nicely to avoid a neighbourhood. They are super nice to me and protective. They would never check my pockets for drugs because I was born to be a white European girl with light hair and eyes. They are not at my doorstep waiting for me to screw up and checking me all the time for anything illegal. So I don’t know how is it to grow up like this. . All I know that I would not change my awesome place for anything. #brazil #riodejanerio #favela
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Good thing about living in Rio is that you can just go and see this anytime you want. I have to admit I almost always only go when I have a photoshoot there but it is in my April plans to finally have a good tan. Now that summer is over here there is a good chance the beach can be finally really enjoyed. It’s only 27-30 degrees outside and the beach is not overcrowded. I can continue my attempts to look more like a Brazilian
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It might sound stupid but this piercing makes me look more like myself. It is not done yet, I kinda gave myself time till Im 30 to start dealing with fashion issues and worrying about what clothes I really like and what makes me feel like I look more like myself. For now the point is to kinda like the stuff which has to be cheap at first, and has to take up little space to fit my bag for travels. Different priorities I guess, now I do not feel like dealing with fashion at all. Shopping is not my thing but I also think I will eventually have to put some effort in it. There is also like 7 tattoo in my mind (again, being broke is the no1 thing that stops me from getting them, but actually some years of thinking is never bad for tattoos so I am fine with waiting. Plus I want that sporty, nice Brazilian butt and an improved fit-level too eventually, gotta work more for that. This year I turned vegetarian and Im eating rather healthy so food is fine, now I should just get myself to commit a sport routine. But I cannot force nothing on myself, I have to love it. Hopefully slowly it will get to my brain to focus on this. Im getting old after all. I would feel better if I was not broke, that is becoming my no1 priority to reach. I mean getting out of this horrible being broke cycle. But I am grateful for these years, I learned a lot and I will appreciate more when I finally can afford all the shit I want. (Like a cool homebase, a van to travel with and flight tickets mainly. Oh and good food and cultural programs.) Im not even getting started with how many stuff I wanna learn and how many projects I wanna finish. As you can see (you are a hero if you read until here) I still have plans on improving myself, like I guess everyone on the planet but I have to admit I am 100% happy with my current state. If I could go back in time, I would not change a thing for sure. Im afraid I would fuck it up if I tried again, my life has been amazing. . . . #thoughts #piercing #riodejaneiro #brazil #european #hungarian #selflove #confidenceissexy #lifeisgreat #satisfied #travel #traveler #portrait #portraitphotography #neverstoplearning #neverstopexploring #neverstopimproving
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There are many reasons why some days of storms can be actually nice. First of all you get to see amazing things like the iconic Christ statue covered in clouds. Also it means that finally after boiling your brain in 40 degrees for some weeks you can have some fresh air. I enjoyed having 20-25 degrees for some days, I have to admit. Finally some sweat-less nice sleep! Now the boiling break is over, its again 30 something Celcius in Rio. And Christ is watching again. We know what it means @maggislife_official and @atlasapples Behave guys! #rio #riodejaneiro #brazil #travel #traveling #travelphotography #travephoto #utazás #utaznijo #solotravel #blackandwhite #summer #storm #Leakalandjai #aventure #kaland #adventure
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Happy birthday to the best Mom in the universe
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It is so damn hot in Rio that I can’t help thinking about my trips to some cooler places, like my short time in Toronto a couple of months ago. How nice it was in Canada, I want to go back every since. It feels a bit weird posing in front of some graffitis but I always really liked them. Maybe that is the reason why I have “making a graffiti” on my bucket list. My bucket list is not a list of places to visit. I love traveling too much that it actually wouldn’t make sense to even start gathering the countries and cities and sights that I want to visit. That list is not just growing daily but also changing a lot. Instead, I have experiences on it. A big bunch of creative ones for example like making a graffiti, getting paid for a painting or making a music album completely myself. What stuff do you have on your bucket list? . . . #bucketlist #graffiti #arts #canada #toronto #dreams #travel #solotraveler #artist #thosethatinspire90 #90daycontentchallenge #instadaily #utazas #bakancslista #utazo #utaznijo
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Almost everyone thinks that I’m crazy to hitchhike alone. That I should not even talk about it to people because that might encourages them to do it themselves and I have no right to do that. And to a point I agree. I never tell people to do it. I’m not trying to convince anyone to hitchhike, especially not in South America, not alone. I don’t advertise it nor recommend it. But I think it’s not a sin to talk about what experiences it gave me. I cannot help loving the road. And when you love something so much you want to share your passion, like I share this photo with you now. I took this one at the end of October in Patagonia, Argentina while I was hitchhiking from Villa La Angostura to Bariloche. Just being there, alone, by the road gave me so much. There is nothing else but you. And life seems so simple, just like a one way road like this. No questions, no problems, no messy thoughts and endless choices. Being in this state of mind is a cure for me. Better than meditation, yoga or anything else normal people do to clear their heads. I just stand by the road, breath in the air and stare straight into the big nothing and I am happy. I can see clear. That’s why I love the road. And I don’t want you to understand or agree with me. Just look at this picture and be happy in any way you prefer. What is your way of clearing your mind? . . . #mindfulness #peaceofmind #alonetime #hitchhiking #ontheroad #traveling #adventure #wildsoul #road #thosethatinspire90 #90daycontentchallenge #travelphoto #argentina #bariloche #enlaruta
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I met Marie in the best Swedish student town, Uppsala where we both spent our exchange years 3 years ago. We became friends the minute we started talking. She is such a beautiful soul, with a lot of love and dreams and plans. An inspiring person for sure, I actually really miss spending time with her! I hope this friendship will last forever! . . . #portrait #portraits #portraiphotography #portrails #people #friends #frenchgirl #model #travel #sweden #uppsala #photographer #canon #50mmphotography #riodejaneiro
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Looking back on my feed I realized how few photos I posted in 2018. I could try to find some excuses but I guess I was just lazy, nothing to explain. So I will recycle some photos of last year as I have to admit I am again lazy, but this time not to post but to do anything else but watching Netflix, reading and chilling in my pijamas. And that makes quite boring content. I feel that the South American culture is way closer to my heart than the Asian. There it never feels like home, more like at holiday which is also great. I keep going back to Korea anyway. I do not feel super connected because I think I’m just not cute and girly enough to fit in perfectly. And well, I’m much taller and bigger than anyone else in the country which makes me feel weird and not normal. For example I was wearing the very biggest size uniform during the #PyeongChang Winter Games. For this reason I always know I won’t stay for very long, this time I was glad to go home after a month. But still, I always have such a nice time there. I met so many amazing friends there, I love all of their food, the country has some nice spots to visit and I can spend hours in the stationary stores to shop notebooks and pens, stickers and all these super cute stuff. So I have millions of reasons to go back actually. 2019 is about South America, but I would finally like to dig deeper into the Asian culture from 2020. . . . #korea #southkorea #seoul #travel #utazás #asianculture #thosethatinspire90 #asia #koreanfood #90daycontentchallenge llenge #solotravel #solotraveler
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