http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T20:26:25Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/3/2/161010/3360 <![CDATA[<p><img align="Right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/LittleSlumInn.jpg">It's not a joke. There's a new hostel in Rio de Janiero, called <b>The Little Slum Inn</b> which has been attracting crazy, thrill-seeking tourists, mainly from Germany, France and the United States, who might have a death wish or just didn't see that movie, <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0317248/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cG49MHxrdz0xfHE9Y2l0eSBvZiBnb2R8ZnQ9MXxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8Y289MXxodG1sPTF8bm09MQ__;fc=1;ft=21;fm=1">City of God.</a><p>Even getting to the slum is rough: <blockquote><p> You can only get to the jungle-covered hillside slum of Pereira da Silva on foot. Most of its 1,900 residents live in unpainted brick hovels they built themselves on irregular lots.</blockquote></p><p>So why would people stay there? For starters, a room with a double bed costs about $35 a night and $15 a head to sleep in a large room for single backpackers.<p>There's also juliana 2006-03-02T16:14:37-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/