we took a walk on rua 4 in rocinha, a newly redeveloped street symbolic of the progress being made, and posted our photographs on this page.

the documentary 'a nation called rocinha'  by dutch videographer and composer gijs andriessen is a treasure of images of rocinha in the 80's, before many of the improvements and the urbanization of this favela.

an aerial view of rocinha can be seen on this wikimapia, also clearly mapping the surrounding areas and nearby communities. if a 'far away' map opens, do not scroll, just zoom in using the '+' and '-' signs on the top-left.