Rio and the carnaval. A guide to survive it.
Yeah, you need to know how to survive it, 'cause sadly when something is really good, it's generally the nest of evil as well. Rio de Janeiro is famous for its carnaval and honestly, not until ou truly see it and experience it, you don't understand what the real deal is about. For starters, Rio de Janeiro is very beachy, tourist city by the ocean, the moment you arrive to its airport IN the city itself, you understand there's something different about it. From your plane you can see Cristo and the Atlantic Ocean, some of the tropical forest and the mess the city truly is. I was lucky enough to arrive the second day of carnaval, when the streets of the city are useless 'cause of the streets are flooded by the Blocos and no one, but taxi drivers, is working. I learned within minutes that not all the metro stations were working, and by metro stations I mean the only two lines the cities have that happen to be parallel to each other. By the time I managed to walk...