Ricardo is so nice, really jokes, we had some great conversations and he welcomed us amazingly explaining everything about the area and the appliances and letting us stay for a while when it started pouring it down with rain (we arrived the evening before to get the key as check in the next day was difficult for us - again, super nice of him as he was very busy with work) the house is at the top of a favela, it really is a favela experience so be prepared for that, we had a great stay though with no problems but did not really hang around too much day or night as 2 very white tourists understandably attracting some quite intense looks… the neighbours are lovely, Ricardo let us use everything he had in the house including his food and coffee which was delicious- the rice cooker came in very handy and the kitchen had everything we needed. The bedroom was very clean and tidy (cleaner than most of the other air bnbs we had stayed in actually) and we loved having the house to ourselves with an amazing view over the favela. Thank you so much for everything Ricardo, such a boi ;)