I’ve been tagged by Kit, the awesome lady behind Seek New Travel, to participate in HostelBookers’ 7 Super Shots. I’ve enjoyed looking at other bloggers’ photos, and am excited to share mine. I hope that you enjoy the pictures as much as I did taking them.
In a place where beach sidewalks are visual feasts, it’s no wonder that art abounds on every blank spot in Rio.
As promised, I’m presenting each of the samba parades I saw at Rio de Janeiro’s 2012 Carnival celebration. Opening the second night was the São Clemente Samba School.
The Rio Samba Parade isn’t your run-of-the-mill Carnival celebration. Although, it did begin as a festival with people singing and dancing through the streets. Despite Carnival’s humble roots, these parades morphed into a spectacular, over-the-top competition between samba schools, which are social clubs within neighborhoods.
Sugar Loaf Mountain is just something you do when you visit Rio, but it’s not for the faint of heart. Nearly 1,300 feet above the ocean lies this giant mound of granite and quartz, apply named for its resemblance to the traditional mound shape of refined sugar.
I arrived into Rio around lunch, and by the afternoon, I was standing at Jesus’ feet. I mentally scratched #4 off my bucket list.