HOSTEL IN RIO DE JANEIRO - SAMBA IN THE STREETS OF LAPA

The traffic on the block where the Hostel Rio Lapa Inn is located, at the end of Mem de Sá Avenue, is usually closed on Sundays for neighborhood entertainment.

Alongside street volleyball and football, samba meetings called "pagode" are frequent.

In the photo, Cecilia and Chris, guests from Bolivia and Sao Paulo, are dancing samba in a typical carioca way, illuminated by the warm autumn sun of Rio.

© humberto pires photography