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Like the title says...words cannot possibly describe what Rio is like during Carnaval. At first, I didn´t think much of Rio...just as another city with a beach. The city is overwhelming with its contrasts and the people.<br />

Words Cannot Describe

Russ Russ
2006-03-23 13:49:01

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so I think I got some really good shots from that place. The view is once again really incredable as you will see from the pictures.

The day after that, we went to join the Carnaval parade. Our school was Alegria de Zona Sul. We had to buy the costumes which set us back around US$100 but it was a lot of fun. So many people watching you is definitely a different feeling...especially if you don´t care but are just enjoying yourself. Dancing in that heat and the costume should be a part of anyone who is into dieting. No bull, just weight loss...haha.

After that, we went to Lapa which is a district in Rio and the party there is just crazy. It definitely resemble Sodom and Gomorah from the Bible. Everyone goes crazy to the samba drums and once again, everyone has fun. I don´t think I will ever look at a party the same way again...you can´t possibly beat the atmosphere, energy and the amount of hotness...if you know what the Russ is saying here. simply an overload. And the Brazilian girls are not exactly the known as introverts.

Anyway, later on, I decided to go to a restaurant called Mario´s like the guidebook recommended. It says that it is a nice buffet for $16. So we get there, and we get increadable service right from the start. We go
to the buffet and it really is the best seafood buffet I have ever had. Absolutely nothing tasted less then amazing..including the octopus...I don´t know how they do it. Then we got some peach shots to calm down the stomach. Reasonable assumption is that everything was orgasmic. We even got some Cachaca alcohol to buy as a gift. It looked nice. Now here comes the best part. We get the bill. It came out to around $500. No one had a credit card and no one was willing to wash dishes for the rest of the year to pay if off. Luckily we had just enough money to pay for the meal. We kindly returned the gifts that we supposedly already bought and went on our merry way. This would be a good chance to dine and dash, and it would be worth it. Some of us have been training for this event by running 10 km marathon but at the end we decided that Brazilian jail sex simply was NOT worth it. =)

The last thing on the agenda was watching the Carnaval in Sambodromo. These guys don´t let tourists ruin their parade cause they are grade A schools. Funny,
and that´s when the wolves came out and started selling friggin plastic garbage bag raincoats for $20. However, this is where my cheap eastern european genes kicked in and I went inside until it stopped. i took about 200 pictures and god knows how many movies. Nothing like being obsessed. However, I am still not as bad as Oggie who must have some Japanese heritage because he is the worst for taking pictures...EVERYTHING is photographed...nothing escaped the shooting wraith of Oggie.

The carnaval parade was awesome. It feels different when so many people are watching you. The next day we watched the parade as the professional schools don´t let anyone else into the group. I can´t believe we stayed up for 12 hours waching the whole thing and dancing. Once you get into the samba drum phenomenon...you can´t stop dancing.

One more thing I have to mention is that I absolutely love the freshly squeezed juices they make out of every possible fruit imaginable. Naturally I am trying the exotic ones. That is about all I have for Rio right now. Hope you enjoy the pictures.