Went to the most amazing party on Sunday night - it was the first rave in the favela...
Rochina cast out the Baile Funk for one night and made way for Passion & Schowi - 2 superstar DJs from Germany - to hit the favela with some house, old skool and baltimore bass and boy was it good... I had a great little bop but it was observing the scene that was incredible... the club in Rochina was a three storey open air venue with a swimming pool on the roof - it had the most breathtaking views of the favela under the night sky... Then around 2am the peace was shattered as a black mercedes pulled up outside and the drug lord - at 29 (old in this game) currently the most wanted man in Rio - stepped out flanked by 4 boys with silver plated AKs... as soon as they walked into the club, fireworks went off overhead and the MC announced their presence - it was shocking to witness the extent of influence these people have in the favela.