Brazil - The first leg. Rio de Janerio (Carnaval)
March 5th 2013 Carnaval is one big, fun party, obvs. The most surprising thing was the sheer city-wide scale of it and its levelling effect: age, class, nationality didn't matter. Fancy dress and beer did. Everyone got involved and was basically really happy, from grannies to little kids, even if just in their local 'bloco'. You can see and hear Carnaval literally everywhere, from the singing groups
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