The phone, quick get the phone! Oh No the alarm didn’t go off! The taxi is here and we need to head out for the airport NOW. Lou is ready in 10 minutes, a new world record. What a way to start our last couple of hours in Brazil. On the way to the airport …
Like Alice in Wonderland who fell down the rabbit hole and encountered a whole group of mythical characters, we stepped into the Sambadrome and encountered a fantasy world like none I have ever seen; complete with ghosts and goblins, gorillas and elephants, Captain Hook and Indiana Jones. Carnaval found its roots in Rio de Janeiro …
Now I know why it is called Carnival, because it is one huge side show with clowns, freaks and animals everywhere. Rio is electric with one street party after another, hundreds of thousands of people who have lost their minds. Guys dressed up as girls, girls dressed up as guys, others dressed as animals, angels, …