Saturday, February 9, 2008

Rockin and Rollin in Rio "Carnaval"

Well well, Brazil has its worldwide fame for the annual "Carnaval" during lent season, and it sure has good reason to claim this...

Im still recovering from the utter mayhem and madness that goes with the Brazilian Carnaval. Rio De Janeiro was our destination, a crazy but excellent experience at this Samba fest.

The Brazilians here in Rio seem to adore three things during this period, and nothing else really comes into play; 1. Samba, 2. Alcohol, and 3. Women (not in that order of course.)

This place just insanely erupts to party for 7 days and 7 nights, and we got a good taster of the real thing. As you can see from photos of we got in the sambadrome (a massive open air stadium purpose-built for the parades area in Rio where samba schools parade in competitions each year during the Carnival. There were 10s of thousands of Brazilians and foreign tourists. I couldn't recommend more to everyone to at least try and experience one Brazilian Carnival in their lifetime. One of the craziest weeks of my life!

Some photos below of the Sambadrown event, in downtown Rio De Janeiro.






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