2006-05-09
Mugged, Rio Style
Ever seen the City of God. Well it ain~t no joke. Just got mugged at gunpoint today. The idiot only took my camera, though, not my bag with a $1000 Nokia phone and $100 of cash in my pockets. Nope. Instead all this little punk, rascal got was my $180 camera with debaucherous pictures from a Brazilian wedding. (See below.)
It wasn~t as scary as I would have imagined. I tried running from him, but there was too much traffic to cross the street. He caught up with me. Held a gone and shouted CAMERA. I handed it to him. He ran off. I zigzagged back to my apartment, and that was that. Over. no more camera, but at least I didnt get shot or stabbed. An American and Brazilian were killed last week a few blocks away, some cabby told us later. I guess it was my fault. I was taking pictures of urban development for my class on the boardwalk at Copa Cabana.
Tomorrow we may be heading up to my brother~s compound and fortress. It has three meter high walls and is built like a castle. I can~t wait to sit by the pool, listen to Johnny Cash, and start writing our novel. I think this episode will find its way in.
That~s all the news from here. Was almost killed. All it cost me was a camera to get out of it. I still have the phone and my money. And my good cheer. Regardless, I still really like Rio, but there is a reason one doesn~t have many pictures from here. Fuckin´ savages. I am sorry, but these hill slums really should be burned to the ground. They hold the city under siege!
It wasn~t as scary as I would have imagined. I tried running from him, but there was too much traffic to cross the street. He caught up with me. Held a gone and shouted CAMERA. I handed it to him. He ran off. I zigzagged back to my apartment, and that was that. Over. no more camera, but at least I didnt get shot or stabbed. An American and Brazilian were killed last week a few blocks away, some cabby told us later. I guess it was my fault. I was taking pictures of urban development for my class on the boardwalk at Copa Cabana.
Tomorrow we may be heading up to my brother~s compound and fortress. It has three meter high walls and is built like a castle. I can~t wait to sit by the pool, listen to Johnny Cash, and start writing our novel. I think this episode will find its way in.
That~s all the news from here. Was almost killed. All it cost me was a camera to get out of it. I still have the phone and my money. And my good cheer. Regardless, I still really like Rio, but there is a reason one doesn~t have many pictures from here. Fuckin´ savages. I am sorry, but these hill slums really should be burned to the ground. They hold the city under siege!
