If you treasure having great views from your hotel room when you travel, this may be for you. Breathtaking vistas high above Rio de Janeiro’s beaches and mountains for just a few dollars a day — um, if you’re willing to sleep in a slum.
Rio’s slums, or favelas, are infamous for drug and gang violence. But a new hostel called “The Little Slum Inn” is attracting adventurous tourists who dare to live amid the grit and poverty.
“This place isn’t for wimps. If you are uptight, you can go stay at the Copacabana Palace,” the owner says. 
Andreia Martins sits on the balcony at her hotel at Perreira da Silva slum in Rio de Janeiro March 2, 2006. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos
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I’ve been known to do a Little Slum Inn every once in a while.
- Posted by Shawn Hendricks