Thursday, 21 May 2009

Jericoacoara / Salvador de Bahia / Rio de Janeiro Carnival 09


I'm posting this just to remember I was there. It was great to be with friends and reconnect with the people I had missed since I had left Brazil, but the carnival wasn't what I expected. At least in Salvador. I had kept great memories of my first carnival trip (in Rio), so I guess my expectation were a little too high.

I think we were simply to old to endure such crowds. Fights were bursting everywhere, the army was omnipresent and it felt like there was one police officer per party-goer, still, when a million people pogo to brazilian music, believe me, no army can control it. My camera got stolen, luckily I was able to steal it back (I'm as much a thief as they were).

However, there were still fun moments and great laughs... And the beach of Barra was as beautiful as I remembered it.



The craziness of a million people dancing in the streets of Salvador

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