Bruno’s place is wonderfully decorated, modern, clean and well located. Although there is a favela at the end of the street, we did not feel unsafe during our stay. Taxis will drop you outside but walking is fine in daylight hours. The exact address didn’t seem to show up on Uber, so we would type in 144 instead, which was a house further down the street, and then we would direct the driver as to where to stop. Ipanema beach is very close (20 minutes or so) and there are many shops close by. Myself and partner are both vegan and Jardel did his best to ensure we were catered to at breakfast which was lovely. Also neither of us know portugese and we communicated through google translate and hand gestures, which worked fab and seemed to get our messages across to one another. It can get very loud on the weekend but we didn’t have any trouble sleeping and we felt it only adds to the experience of being in Brazil. Although Bruno was not there in person during our stay, he communicated with us via airbnb, and provided us with suggestions for vegan food in the area.