Kids Practicing for Carnival

While walking through the Favela in Rio, we stumbled upon these kids practicing for their Carnival performance. They have a band made up of about 10 kids who use their bodies, cans and plastic buckets for their instruments. They carried a pretty good beat!

Sao Paulo

January 12th 2008
Hello Friends and Family, Made it safe into Sao Paulo and we are staying with our friends Stacey and Angelo in a beautiful apartment on the 21st floor of an apartment building. The area is very safe and Angelo knows his way around really well, so it has made this part of traveling a real vacation, especially since we have been staying in rooms in hostels with 9 bunk beds. Very cramped and smell ... read more

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more

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