My Travel Experience as a Black Digital Nomad in Brazil || Ariventuras 🇧🇷

[@leorusso2480]

Ari thanks for your statement and feel more than welcome to give a chance to Brazil again: A WARNING to everyone: Rio is a nice city to spend a week MAX. Living there is by far the worst option in Brazil where there are MUCH more developed cities with stunning lower (almost 0) crime rates. Cities like Florianópolis and São Paulo are made for living and offer a great quality of living. Rio is just for tourism.

[@Ariventuras]

Thank you for watching and acknowledging my experience. I hope I'll be able to give Brazil another chance too because I genuinely love how warm and friendly the people are. Even Brazilians I've met in other places around the world have been some of my favorite people 😊 My next visit will definitely be to Florianópolis or São Paulo!

[@pjlipi]

São Paulo seguro é muito complicado. Cidades com mais roubos do Brasil. Mais que o Rio

[@tourandrelocationcommunity]

These are not mediocre problems, anyone whos worked remotely and travelled understands your pain...You are a trouper. Thanks for sharing.😊

[@Ariventuras]

Yes, I didn’t want to come off as a complainer but I knew other remote working travelers would understand the struggle lol. Thanks for watching 😊

[@whiner00]

@@AriventurasI believe we can find positive answers to our questions (spirituous, emotional or psychological ones) after chaos. I believe the universe is always giving us chances to learn, growth and even change path if its what we are looking for. I feel you! thanks for sharing you experience! Wishing you all the best

[@sheilahsutton3516]

That was deep! The power of prayer is real. 🙏🏽❤️

[@Ariventuras]

😅🙏🏾 Indeed it is! Thanks for watching, Momma ❤️

[@japeriawilliams4470]

I loveeeee this video the honesty and realness of it all! Thank you for sharing your experience!

[@Ariventuras]

Thank you for watching! 😊😅

[@LikeAGentlemanPlease]

I was looking for someone who didn’t romanticize Brazil. Thank you for the truth.

[@Ariventuras]

Yes, everyone's experience is different. I know people who love Brazil but unfortunately that wasn't my reality. For what it's worth, I've heard good things about cities outside of Rio and Bahía. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@emperorlivion]

YOU underplanned and underfinanced. You are not a problem solver. That is your main issue. Yourself, not Brazil. You

[@Ariventuras]

You make a lot of assumptions. Can you guess what that makes YOU? 😂

[@emperorlivion]

@Ariventuras didn't assume anything...I watched your video twice before I commented. You said it yourself about the underplanning. How are you a digital nomad thar doesn't have a solution for wifi? You have the nerve to say it's the internet cafe's fault. Why don't you have at least 2or 3 cell phones to use as a wireless Hotspot, I am not a digital nomad and dealt with no power or wifi for 36 hours in Colombia and worked perfectly fine. Why are you staying in a hostel where you have to rely on the quiet of other people to make your work surroundings good or bad. That isn't smart at all. How do you not know about the CPF situation...AS A DIGITAL NOMAD. I am not one but wanted to watch a football match in Rio so I dealt with that before staying for my own leisure for 2 weeks. You wanted to conduct actual work or business and didn't. The nerve of you to say the sunlight and a man selling you a wristband added to the bad vibes or experience of your trip...seriously. You are a complainer. I assumed nothing.

[@laurenwoods8414]

Ariiiii! Thank you so much for sharing!! Your experience in Brazil as a solo female traveler is super validating to me as I had a similarly challenging time living in Brazil for the 2 months I was there. I was based in Rio the entire time, but struggled just like you to do any basic task. The CPF thing drove me crazy, and when I tried to get the yellow fever vaccine certificate, it required a CPF, which I didn't have, so I almost missed my flight to Colombia as well. Being in Medellin after Brazil was like being able to breathe again. Love your videos girl and maybe we will cross travel paths someday! Keep it up!

[@Ariventuras]

I’m honestly glad to hear that it wasn’t just me! Lol I’m also really glad you were still able to make your flight!! I argued with the flight attendant about that for hours and it’s honestly ridiculous that they would demand something like knowing how difficult it is for foreigners to do anything - let alone get a vaccination! Finally able to breathe again is EXACTLY how I would describe being in Medellin after Brazil. 😌😅 I hope our travel paths cross someday too! Thanks so much for watching!

[@daytoya84]

I’m so sorry to hear about your experience, but you are a wonderful storyteller. Thanks for sharing ❤

[@Ariventuras]

Thank you for watching 😊 I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@imbelly2350]

The ribbon story is so real. I met a girl in Mexico who was kind of ALOT and She tied a bracket on me while saying affirmations. I immediately went home and cut it in a panic. But honestly our body and experiences will change you out of a situation that could of ended up way worse. I’m glad you know yourself and got to leave and be at peace.

[@Ariventuras]

Whew I’m glad you knew to take it off immediately. Yes our bodies and intuition don’t lie. Thanks for watching!

[@Thereturntoself]

I think you should have a synastry chart ran between your birth chart and Brazil. Or have an astrocautographer run your chart and look specifically at you and Brazil.

[@Ariventuras]

Interesting. Do you think a chart will tell me something differently from my experience?

[@Thereturntoself]

@@Ariventuras no- actually, I believe it’s going to confirm the disconnect between you and the place. It’s going to likely show your Pluto line going through where you traveled. I am also a world traveler and it confirmed weird things that occurred with me, in a place I went. I started using an astrocautography chart for my future travels. You can go anywhere but it helps in knowing where it’s beneficially to stay longer and where you could run into trouble, so you can prepare for that. If none of this helps, please just disregard.

[@Ariventuras]

Oh I see, thanks for sharing!

[@Life042091]

I'd agree that you should look into the astro chart for future trips as a digital nomad. My birthday is in April and it says that Brazil would look similar to some of the things you mentioned so I've avoided going there. Sorry you were under attack spiritually but for reference, the Orisha symbols shouldn't have evoked anything since the Brazilian's ancestors just synchronized their ancestral practices with Catholicism. From the sounds of it, you are either Christian or from the American Christian tradition so that could've played a role in your experience with facing African spiritual symbols and practices as well but yea it seems like things were off from the start so it wasn't a place for you. Thank you for putting the video together it really helped confirm things for me as well when he comes to Brazil. I hope you're now someplace safe and thriving!

[@reversestoicism]

You have been very informative. This video is a massive help. Thank you 🙏🏿

[@Ariventuras]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching 😄

[@registmb]

Yes. So following the video, please don't come. We will not be able to give you great experiences. 😊

[@priscilagarcia7576]

That's crazy about the CPF. I am Brazilian but live in Australia and everytime they ask me for my CPF I just say I dont have one and they are fine with it.

[@Ariventuras]

@@priscilagarcia7576 Interesting. Maybe things have changed since I was there. Even when someone volunteered to let me use theirs I was still denied access to things 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@WorldFamos1]

I am not doubting your story as everyone has different experiences, but this is WILD!!! 😳The plane situation was just the final straw. It's unfortunate that you had such a difficult time. I have had some unpleasantness, but not on this level. To be here for a few years, I can maneuver around a bit easier. I hope that if you do decide to give the country another opportunity that you indeed have a much better experience.

[@Ariventuras]

Yes the plane was the absolute last straw for me 🙅🏾‍♀️ I’m glad you’ve adjusted and been able to adapt your life there. The country is beautiful and the people really are unforgettable. Maybe one day I’ll make it back but only time will tell 😅🥹

[@kimkayblake]

Wow! Thank you for sharing this. As a person who also travels and works remotely, I felt your pain. Those were definitely NOT mediocre problems. It's funny that you "escaped" to Medellin when I had a similar experience when I visited Medellin. So much so that I cut my trip short and left early.

[@Ariventuras]

Oh no! I'm so sad to hear you experienced similar issues in Medellin 🥹 that's like my second home lol. It's so true that two people can go to the same place and have very different experiences.

[@remoteworkqueen]

I liked Medellin but felt very lonely there

[@OLORIWU]

I have to say that I was really enjoying this video until I got to the spirituality part and the spiritual experience you had in Salvador de Bahia. For you to create a scenario of demonization because number 1. You started to question God, Christianity, the history of Christianity and how violent it was as a black person for you to be introduced to it RIGHTFULLY SO is strange. The strange man put the bracelet on you could’ve placed a charm or some sort of bracelet that was extremely charged with some sort of spirituality that feels foreign to you yet still whether he had good intentions or bad intentions that has nothing to do with the indigenous spirituality that Afro Brazilian enslaved people brought with them to Bahia. The fact that you combined demonization, and you questioning God, as you being under spiritual attack is soooo strange because what kind of God do you have that you cannot question and face the TRUE fact that without centuries + of colonization, blood, death, slavery, and pillaging you would never know this God. Meanwhile, the people who preserved their own deities, you are finding a way to put them down to uplift and edify your own God…sad.

[@Ariventuras]

Not sure how or why sharing my experience triggered you but thanks anyways for watching

[@imani55555]

@@Ariventuras because the way you correlated learning about Afro Brazilian spirituality and seeing statues to demonic forces coming over you…. A lot of blk ppl since the beginning of colonialism have been killed for their practices and for you to literally verbalize the same anti-black rhetoric that westerns have over our practices is very problematic. You keep saying spiritual attack, you literally were saved from a potential aircraft crash, praise God instead of putting blame to "spiritual attack”. If you were Amsterdam’s or London and that happened with a plane, you’d probably call it "a close call” and praise god and keep going…if you were in ROME looking at statues of gods and goddess, and you were “strangely” drawn to them you probably wouldn’t associate it w/ spiritual or demonic feelings. If a random Italian merchant slyly placed a bracelet on ur wrist and you had a nightmare, you’d probably wouldn’t correlate the Roman God statue with your experience…. I’m not hear to say you can’t praise God or be a Christian or that spiritual attack isn’t real….but pointing out how speaking about your experience in such a way to blame a spiritually is distasteful.

[@barbarabee2391]

Thank you for sharing your experience

[@Ariventuras]

Of course, thanks for watching!

[@pjlipi]

Lembrando que o rio nao é só copacabana e lapa. É muito mais q isso

[@Ariventuras]

Sim, esse é um bom lembrete. Percebi que só via os lados turísticos do Rio.

[@pjlipi]

@@Ariventuras e... nem TODOS os lados turísticos você viu. É como um turista que vai a Nova York, só fica na times square, e tira toda cidade só pela times square, que é uma bagunça e muvuca cheia de golpistas e perigos de toda ordem. Inclusive qualquer cidadão aleatoriamente pode te esfaquear, do nada, em nova York, nessas áreas de aglomerações.

[@Eljefe5948]

Been to both, but I gotta say Rio was probably my favorite. People in Salvador Bahia seem to be rude for some odd reason, always had a serious face, specially vendors and people who worked at the malls. Idk if it’s just me not understanding their culture. Overall both cities are great depending on what you like.

[@Ariventuras]

Interesting! Yes, I agree everyone's experience is going to be different. I didn't find the people in Rio to be mean or rude, I was just really bothered by the blatant colorism I saw everywhere. It made me uncomfortable.

[@DrCrystalHarris]

This was so informative I’m thinking about Brazil for 2025. So if I go, I’ll book early and avoid the holidays. Maybe not going alone too 🤔 Thanks for being so honest. Blessings for a brighter experience in the future. Love the content you produce

[@Ariventuras]

Yes, please book as early as you can! Brazil also recently announced that they are requiring visas for US citizens starting next year so be sure to look into that, have a physical copy of your YF vax with you and get a Brazilian ID if you plan to visit for longer than a week. I hope your visit is a much better experience than mine 🙏🏾 Thanks for watching!!

[@registmb]

Please don't come! You can find a better place ❤

[@missgaia12]

I wrote a big comment here, but it's gone. :(((( I don't know what happened!! I hope you got that on your email somehow. I just came back to make sure my book's website was right and I couldn't find it anymore. Buahhhh!!! I was so inspired, I really don't know what happened. Anyway, KZbin recommended you to me and I liked your tone voice which is why I watched your video and completely related to it, since I was married to an American for many years and it was much easy for me to adapt to the US than it was for him to adapt to Brazil. Anyway, I apologize for your experience, but I understand why you went through what you went through... All the best, Carolina

[@Ariventuras]

Oh no! I'm so sorry KZbin erased your comment 🥺 but I'm glad to hear you found the video inspiring! It's comforting to know that I'm not the only one who had a hard time adapting there. Brazil is certainly its own special beast haha! Wishing you all the best 🤍

[@missgaia12]

@@Ariventuras Hi darling! Thank you for your words!! I don't understand at all what happened with KZbin and I wouldn't ever know, if I had not come back to it. Anyway... My ex-husband (who was American) had a very hard time adapting to Brazil (in terms of bureaucracy, since he was applying for the right school visa), so it's exhausting since 1995, to now!! Lol All the best!!

[@Ariventuras]

Ahh yes, I can definitely relate to the bureaucracy struggle! It's so crazy after all this time, certain processes are still just as difficult. We can only hope a change for the better comes soon in the future! 🤞🏾

[@vernonmurphy7945]

Thanks for sharing your exp. It's not all glamerious. I am still going one day

[@Ariventuras]

You absolutely should! Thanks for watching

[@registmb]

Oh please don't. We don't wanna give you such bad experiencies. 😉

[@hopedee5719]

I was thinking of going to Salvador Bahia for 2 weeks. I’m kinda doubting that now.

[@Ariventuras]

😩 if it was on your bucket list, don't change it because of my experience. I've met others who have had a great time in Brazil, it just wasn't the country for me. Connect with some people who live in Salvador before you go. I really think that can help make all the difference.

[@registmb]

Yes, please do not come. No one deserves that ammount of bad experiences in life. Stay safe where you are ❤

[@Vitorespsilva]

Senti um pouco de intolerância religiosa. Porém, sinto muito por suas experiências ruins. O Rio realmente não é um lugar facil, mas sabendo aproveitar você irá se divertir bastante. Espero que fique bem.

[@Ariventuras]

Compartilhei as coisas que senti e experimentei. Não vejo como isso é ser intolerante a qualquer religião. Obrigada por assistir.

[@Black_Nemisis]

You're lucky with the Yellow Fever Vaccine. They would not let us check our bags unless we had yellow fever documentation. My brother and i had to buy tickets to Lima in order to leave Sao Paulo. Then we booked another flight out of Lima just to get to Cartagna. I was pissed!!!!

[@Ariventuras]

That's wild and I hate that that happened to you all! Honestly, the man that was arguing with me was just being unreasonable, because I offered to buy a ticket back to US if they weren't going to let me board my flight to Colombia and he refused that. He tried really hard to not let me leave the country at all...but GOD! Lol I also made sure I got my YF vaccine after that. I don't want those problems ever again.

[@marcosadriano5861]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm brazilian and I was looking for a black digital nomad experience and coincidentally you came to my city Salvador haha. I'm sorry for the bad experiences. I hope you give it another try in the future. About the CPF, it is not validated on the goverment system. It's only validated by a math formula. So you can generate a random one on the Internet and use it, the goverment systems are terrible so I feel your pain in trying to use it. Also, Brazil is a huge and mixed country and except by some specific districts, everyone will assume you're brazilian, so they will assume you know the rules of the country.

[@Ariventuras]

Thanks for watching! I hope one day I can give it another try too. Especially Salvador - struggles aside, I did like it there. That’s also good information to know about the CPF! That would’ve made my life a lot easier if I had known. Having a Brazilian friend or two is a must for navigating the country.

[@registmb]

Yeah, but why brazil has to be blammed for experiences that she had in specific things and places? I heard all the video, and it seems for example, that our country is filled with coacroatches. That all of our service is bad, all the matress are hard. What? Like, what? Internet problems? The place did not afford a good internet connection, so, change the place.... yeah it got me really wrong

[@pawanveersingh771]

You're awesome,, de donde eres?

[@Ariventuras]

Gracias 😊 I'm from the US

[@JoséMarcosMacedo-p2o]

❤🎉

[@Ariventuras]

🎉😁

[@HueyTheProdigy]

Hey what do you do for work?

[@Ariventuras]

I'm a UX designer

[@joaov.m.oliveira9903]

Sorry for your bad experience in Rio and Salvador. It was also very uncomfortable watching your story. To the point I am kinda sad right now. 😢

[@Ariventuras]

Oh no! I’m sorry it made you sad. I know others who absolutely love Brazil. It just wasn’t a good fit for me 🥲

[@profhortsunlover1536]

hi again, i'm loving ur solo vlogs, i'm still too afraid to book my solo adventure, so i'm looking for inspiration, your instinct to question organised religion is spot on most organised religions are new [less than 2000 years old, whereas homo sapiens are 200,000 years old] and are taxdodging boysclubs that teach kids to hate "others" and girls n gays [xenophobia, homophobia, gynophobia is spread by the church, popes, for example, are all billionaires, the corruption is insane]

[@Ariventuras]

Thank you! 😁 yes, there's much to unpack when it comes to organized religion. At the end of the day, everyone's spiritual journey is unique and something they must figure out for themselves. I hope you find courage to still take your solo trip! Here's a blog post you might find helpful: shopthewanderbox.com/blogs/news/how-to-overcome-the-fear-of-traveling-solo

[@arlan_imagesBoston]

Rio is amazing. But your biggest mistake was to stay in Lapa 😂 not the best place.

[@Ariventuras]

Yes 🫠 I learned that the hard way!

[@arlan_imagesBoston]

@@Ariventuras While Lapa is indeed known as a popular tourist destination with its vibrant nightlife and cultural attractions, it's also true that some areas may face cleanliness and homelessness challenges. Like many urban areas, it has diverse aspects. It's essential to acknowledge tho that Lapa is full of drug addicts roaming around, a problem that people should be aware of before visiting it. It didn’t surprise me that the place you rented didn’t have good beds and wasn’t clean due to being in Lapa.

[@tana9688]

Wow! I feel you!So sorry this happend to you❤ I've always wished to vist🇧🇷. I just discover your channel and love it ❤❤❤ As someone who grew up with santeria. I don't doubt you. I was once attack in my dreams. I prayed so hard and it went away. I heard from someone who knows about this stuff that Brazilian spirualty is very dark!!! I know people want to think that everything about Afro spirituality is good but is not always the case!! Orishas are no bueno!! Solo hay un Dios.😢 ❤❤❤

[@Ariventuras]

Yes, I agree. Not every religion is a good religion, especially those that worship idols other than God. I appreciate your empathy and I'm glad you found my channel 😊 I still hope one day that you are able to visit Brazil and have a much better experience than me. Thanks so much for watching! ❤️❤️

[@remoteworkqueen]

I think it’s very problematic to pose one religion above another when people ultimately practice their ancestral beliefs to keep their culture alive. Choose whatever you want but do not insult African religions, we started humanity.

[@choberi]

@@Ariventuras What an ignorant way of thinking. I'm not a follower of candomblé or any African descended religion but i still can respect the fact that my ancestors before me still found ways to practice their traditional religions despite all that came with slavery and colonialism.