Rio de Janeiro Carnival in Photos
Take your favorite spring break memories, add Halloween costumes, beautiful half-naked people, live music and an entire city that fuels the party and you’ll begin to understand carnival in Rio de Janeiro. I spent the last week masquerading from one bloco to the next as Rio de Janeiro opened their doors to insanity. Until I finish […]
Enter the Blocos do Carnaval
I just wanted to inform the viewing public that things are escalating quickly here, and if this is only foreplay, than the climax is going to be explosive! Carnival in Rio de Janeiro doesn’t officially begin for another ten days, yet the city is already engulfed in festa (party). Samba schools like Vila Isabel continue […]
A Wet and Wild Carnival in Sucre
On one of my first nights in Sucre I had dinner on the balcony of a lovely little restaurant overlooking the city’s main square. As I gazed out across the beautiful gardens and sidewalks that lined the plaza I noticed something really disturbing. A group of young college kids were hurling water balloons across the […]