See the World, Really

The article focuses on the emerging reality tour industry offered for curious travelers. There are often poor neighborhoods and ailing villages next to famous monuments and natural gems. The reality tour makes travelers experience the real things happening in the neighborhood of tourist attractions. A three-hour odyssey by foot and bus takes you through two Rio de Janeiro favelas, or slums, including Rocinha, a massive tenement similar to the one featured in the movie City of God. A Blobal Exchange offers a tour to get glimpses of the working class Chinese. A day tour may include a Xhosa meal with a meat dish such as mutton stew, salads, and dishes made with pap, or maize meal porridge.