Helen and Jay (aka Iceman) from the UK

Carnavale in Salvador

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January 30th 2008
Carnavale in Salvador has been an exciting, crazy and quite scary experience all at the one time. By way of background, Carnavale sees an estimated 2 million people cram into the beachside city of Salvador to party for a full week before Lent. Unlike Carnavale in Rio (which involves sitting in a grandstand watching a parade pass by), Carnavle in Salvador is a street party for the people where ... read more

South America » Brazil » Bahia » Salvador

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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