Tha must be the most dangerous place I've been to too. Didn't really feel like getting out of the car before we were in a guarded garrage...IRONCHEF wrote:
São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
But Rio is definately worse, and probably the least safe in the world (where there's no warfare going on).
Wtf???? Rio and São Paulo are dangerous cities, but what is this crap about "Christ turning his back on carnaval". Man, the ignorance of some Americans really piss me off...IRONCHEF wrote:
Lawless, reckless abandon. And it's even worse in February during Carnaval. Carnaval to the Cariocas (people of Rio) means that Christ (the big statue "cristo redentor") turns his back on the people for 4 days so they can purge themselves of their sins before repenting. So other than samba dance-offs and parades of naked people, it's 4 days to do your "worst"..this goes for everyone..police, public officials, citizens, etc. If killing is your thing, then you have a 4 day window..if rape and pillaging is your bag..then off you go for 4 days. if jacking off on restaurant windows for 4 days is your thing, then happy yanking! lol I've seen it in São Paulo (2nd biggest city in the world) and neighboring cities, albeit tamed down compared to Rio, and it's nuts. makes mardi gras look like a childs petting zoo. In the northeast of brazil (salvador, Bahia, etc), it lasts 2 months.
Maybe you should ask around then if you live there. When I lived there, that's the story I got as an explanation of Carnaval. Do you live in the state of Rio de Janeiro? I heard this comparison both in Campinas, and in Niteroi.EVieira wrote:
Wtf???? Rio and São Paulo are dangerous cities, but what is this crap about "Christ turning his back on carnaval". Man, the ignorance of some Americans really piss me off...IRONCHEF wrote:
Lawless, reckless abandon. And it's even worse in February during Carnaval. Carnaval to the Cariocas (people of Rio) means that Christ (the big statue "cristo redentor") turns his back on the people for 4 days so they can purge themselves of their sins before repenting. So other than samba dance-offs and parades of naked people, it's 4 days to do your "worst"..this goes for everyone..police, public officials, citizens, etc. If killing is your thing, then you have a 4 day window..if rape and pillaging is your bag..then off you go for 4 days. if jacking off on restaurant windows for 4 days is your thing, then happy yanking! lol I've seen it in São Paulo (2nd biggest city in the world) and neighboring cities, albeit tamed down compared to Rio, and it's nuts. makes mardi gras look like a childs petting zoo. In the northeast of brazil (salvador, Bahia, etc), it lasts 2 months.
And as long as we are talking about unsafe cities, I took a wrong exit once in Atlanta and ended up in a really "scary" place, to say the least. Fortunately, after a very long half-hour looking to get back to the highway, we found a police car and the cop told us how to find the highway again and warned us not too take too long getting out of there.
You were in Panama? I was there a few times - had a Panamaniac gf. I think you mean Colón, not Christobal. It is THE NO.1 SHITHOLE in Latin America apparently. My gf wouldn't even let me go there!!Jinto-sk wrote:
Christobal which is the east entrance city to the panama canal - that was scary.
heard another boat over the radio call in 2 dead bodies in the water before we even got off the boat,
10m outside of the docks got offered every drug you can imagine, people coming up to you all the time asking for money we were the only white people everyone staring at you it was really uncomfy not a happy 2hours off the boat
I thought Jerusalem was relatively fine but maybe you're Jewish? I talked with some Jewish people on a sherut and they told me they would never go near the old city for fear of being attacked but tbh it was fine for me. The Temple Mount/Al Aqsa complex is simply the coolest and most unforgettable place I have ever been in my entire life.[1stSSF]=Nuka= wrote:
Jerusalem at the height of Intafada...at the Western Wall...when the youngsters were getting their sign-up ceremony for the IDF and there were literally hundreds of kids in uniform and hundreds of M16s on table waiting for them to complete their stuff...
Seeing Al-Aqsa behind was simply frightening...
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That's the one Scary shit dude scary shitCameronPoe wrote:
You were in Panama? I was there a few times - had a Panamaniac gf. I think you mean Colón, not Christobal. It is THE NO.1 SHITHOLE in Latin America apparently. My gf wouldn't even let me go there!!Jinto-sk wrote:
Christobal which is the east entrance city to the panama canal - that was scary.
heard another boat over the radio call in 2 dead bodies in the water before we even got off the boat,
10m outside of the docks got offered every drug you can imagine, people coming up to you all the time asking for money we were the only white people everyone staring at you it was really uncomfy not a happy 2hours off the boat
Why would Jerusalem be dangerous for Jews?CameronPoe wrote:
I thought Jerusalem was relatively fine but maybe you're Jewish? I talked with some Jewish people on a sherut and they told me they would never go near the old city for fear of being attacked but tbh it was fine for me. The Temple Mount/Al Aqsa complex is simply the coolest and most unforgettable place I have ever been in my entire life.[1stSSF]=Nuka= wrote:
Jerusalem at the height of Intafada...at the Western Wall...when the youngsters were getting their sign-up ceremony for the IDF and there were literally hundreds of kids in uniform and hundreds of M16s on table waiting for them to complete their stuff...
Seeing Al-Aqsa behind was simply frightening...
You look like a sheep wtf were you in a car crash137twozerosniper wrote:
wales since i look like a sheep
The ancient walled part of the city (in which lies all the cool historical shit liek the Dome of the Rock, Wailing Wall and Church of the Holy Sepulchre) is technically in the West Bank - i.e. Palestine. It is almost totally populated by arabs and yet the most holy site in Judaism prompts ultra-orthodox Jewish people and of course ordinary Jews to visit. The Dome of the Rock/Al Aqsa complex lies directly above the Wailing Wall - the Wailing Wall IS the foundation of the Al Aqsa Mosque. Tension much? You bet!!!!!ghettoperson wrote:
Why would Jerusalem be dangerous for Jews?CameronPoe wrote:
I thought Jerusalem was relatively fine but maybe you're Jewish? I talked with some Jewish people on a sherut and they told me they would never go near the old city for fear of being attacked but tbh it was fine for me. The Temple Mount/Al Aqsa complex is simply the coolest and most unforgettable place I have ever been in my entire life.[1stSSF]=Nuka= wrote:
Jerusalem at the height of Intafada...at the Western Wall...when the youngsters were getting their sign-up ceremony for the IDF and there were literally hundreds of kids in uniform and hundreds of M16s on table waiting for them to complete their stuff...
Seeing Al-Aqsa behind was simply frightening...
I've been to DC and yeah that city is god damned mayhem. Also, it looks *fake* with all the columnar buildings and marble.CameronPoe wrote:
This will make you laugh, given that I've been to Palestine, but the list is in the following order:
1. Washington, DC, USA [dia-fucking-bolical]
Shock and aw?Pernicious544 wrote:
I've been to DC and yeah that city is god damned mayhem. Also, it looks *fake* with all the columnar buildings and marble.
lol, +1coldtoast wrote:
Mordor