How You First Met

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How Richard met the World

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Richard-&-World

Richard (Right) Overlooking Ipanema from high above

 

“I’m glad we met.

I had been in Rio for 4 months learning Portuguese. I worked in a Hostel a stone’s throw from one of the world’s most iconic beaches, Ipanema. Life was great and time floated by like a Gringo (foreigner) in the Ipanema beach rip; fast. Working at the Hostel is how I met them. They worked there or were guests. You meet a shit tonne of people at Hostels and you build a lot of unique friendships.

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